The United States produces more crude oil today than any other country.

Multiple provided sources support the United States' position as the top crude-oil-producing country.

• EnergyNow's May 2026 summaries, citing Visual Capitalist data, report that the United States produced approximately 13.58 million barrels per day in 2025, ahead of Russia at 9.87 million and Saudi Arabia at 9.51 million barrels per day.
• Oil & Gas Journal reports that U.S. Energy Information Administration international data show the United States has produced more crude oil than any other country for six consecutive years. This directly supports the comparative claim.
• Texas Border Business similarly describes the United States as the world's leading oil producer, citing a record output of about 13.6 million barrels per day and placing Russia and Saudi Arabia well behind it.

The wording "today" introduces a time-related limitation. Most of the quantified evidence concerns 2025, while the search results are dated in 2026. The sources do not provide a directly linked, official August 20, 2026 production table showing the latest daily figures. However, the Oil & Gas Journal source describes the United States as currently holding the historical production record, and other sources report that it remains the top producer. The claim is therefore supported within the available evidence, with the precise current-day production figure not independently established here.

This claim concerns crude-oil production, not total petroleum supply, net oil exports, or whether the United States produces more oil than it consumes. The Houston Chronicle's fact-check addresses the separate issue of net exports and should not be treated as a ranking of national crude-oil production.