Operator
Shell
Shell produced 215.4 MMbbl of oil and 419.0 Bcf of natural gas in 2025. 852 operated producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.
- Largest operator by operated oil in the Gulf of Mexico, 2025.
- Operated 27.6% of the oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico, 2025.
- Oil production rose 9% in 2025 from 2024.
Production
- provisional . Months in the hatched zone are partly reported. The part not yet filed is estimated. That estimate draws on our own production forecast. The forecast is provisional. It updates as filings arrive
Still arriving: Aug 2026 <1% filed.
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 91.8% Reported by the official source by well
- 0.00% Reported by the official source as a lease, facility, field or state total. Published without per-well detail.
- 6.5% Reported by the official source as a lease total, split across the lease's wells. The regional total shown is the reported number, to rounding.
- 1.5% Reported by the official source for a longer period, spread across its months. The period total is the reported number.
- 0.16% A series adjusted so a total meets a published figure: a well's own cumulative from the official source, or a state's yearly total from a second official source.
Every barrel through May 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1930 to May 2026.
The gray “Reported without well detail” band is volume the source reports above the well: fields, facilities, or leases the source publishes as one total. It is included so the stack still sums to the whole entity.
Still arriving: Aug 2026 <1% filed.
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 94.7% Reported by the official source by well
- 3.7% Reported by the official source as a lease total, split across the lease's wells. The regional total shown is the reported number, to rounding.
- 1.6% Reported by the official source for a longer period, spread across its months. The period total is the reported number.
- 0.01% A series adjusted so a total meets a published figure: a well's own cumulative from the official source, or a state's yearly total from a second official source.
Every cubic foot through May 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1930 to May 2026.
The bands group wells by when they first produced.
About this chart
The stack shows what is holding today's rate up and how much of it is new drilling. In the reported months the bands draw the filings already in. The months still filling in are marked.
These volumes are the production from the wells and facilities this company operates. Ownership works differently: other parties hold interests in these wells, and this company holds interests in wells that other companies operate. How we attribute production to a company
Annual table (full history)
best estimate incl. unsplit totals
| Year | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 215.4 | 419 |
| 2024 | 196.9 | 365 |
| 2023 | 195.6 | 356 |
| 2022 | 180.4 | 348 |
| 2021 | 187.9 | 385 |
| 2020 | 194.5 | 508 |
| 2019 | 207.5 | 736 |
| 2018 | 170.4 | 727 |
| 2017 | 152.7 | 640 |
| 2016 | 143.9 | 675 |
| 2015 | 150.0 | 674 |
| 2014 | 147.3 | 796 |
| 2013 | 114.4 | 872 |
| 2012 | 118.6 | 847 |
| 2011 | 115.0 | 743 |
| 2010 | 119.5 | 718 |
| 2009 | 111.2 | 690 |
| 2008 | 112.3 | 722 |
| 2007 | 137.4 | 859 |
| 2006 | 130.1 | 887 |
| 2005 | 128.0 | 849 |
| 2004 | 174.2 | 973 |
| 2003 | 175.5 | 1,092 |
| 2002 | 186.8 | 1,182 |
| 2001 | 169.0 | 1,197 |
| 2000 | 165.0 | 1,285 |
| 1999 | 140.7 | 1,357 |
| 1998 | 135.1 | 1,264 |
| 1997 | 118.3 | 1,190 |
| 1996 | 125.0 | 1,309 |
| 1995 | 121.3 | 1,237 |
| 1994 | 111.1 | 1,140 |
| 1993 | 103.8 | 1,076 |
| 1992 | 76.7 | 752 |
| 1991 | 69.2 | 694 |
| 1990 | 62.1 | 710 |
| 1989 | 70.9 | 740 |
| 1988 | 80.4 | 816 |
| 1987 | 98.7 | 886 |
| 1986 | 107.5 | 873 |
| 1985 | 105.1 | 804 |
| 1984 | 115.5 | 759 |
| 1983 | 115.0 | 741 |
| 1982 | 105.4 | 805 |
| 1981 | 83.1 | 780 |
| 1980 | 83.6 | 731 |
| 1979 | 75.5 | 739 |
| 1978 | 76.9 | 728 |
| 1977 | 78.9 | 672 |
| 1976 | 50.0 | 449 |
| 1975 | 55.7 | 411 |
| 1974 | 64.7 | 403 |
| 1973 | 74.7 | 439 |
| 1972 | 74.7 | 483 |
| 1971 | 72.8 | 432 |
| 1970 | 53.5 | 377 |
| 1969 | 41.6 | 358 |
| 1968 | 36.7 | 290 |
| 1967 | 32.8 | 220 |
| 1966 | 23.8 | 155 |
| 1965 | 17.2 | 140 |
| 1964 | 15.2 | 145 |
| 1963 | 13.6 | 125 |
| 1962 | 11.0 | 93 |
| 1961 | 7.6 | 31 |
| 1960 | 5.3 | 26 |
| 1959 | 3.8 | 10 |
| 1958 | 2.2 | 5 |
| 1957 | 2.0 | 4 |
| 1956 | 1.7 | 4 |
| 1955 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 1954 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 1953 | 1.4 | 3 |
| 1952 | 1.3 | 3 |
| 1951 | 1.3 | 3 |
| 1950 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 1949 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 1948 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1947 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1946 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1945 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1944 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1943 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1942 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1941 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1940 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1939 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1938 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1937 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1936 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 1935 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 1934 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 1933 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 1932 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 1931 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 1930 | 0.3 | <1 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Monthly table (last 24 months)
| Month | Oil (Mbbl) | Gas produced (MMcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 19,240.4 | 42,268 |
| 2025-11 | 18,764.0 | 41,684 |
| 2025-10 | 20,187.2 | 41,031 |
| 2025-09 | 18,578.9 | 33,380 |
| 2025-08 | 20,466.4 | 36,972 |
| 2025-07 | 20,428.1 | 36,513 |
| 2025-06 | 17,886.4 | 34,540 |
| 2025-05 | 16,224.6 | 33,056 |
| 2025-04 | 16,670.0 | 31,989 |
| 2025-03 | 16,655.9 | 32,440 |
| 2025-02 | 14,563.2 | 26,452 |
| 2025-01 | 15,782.6 | 28,661 |
| 2024-12 | 16,586.7 | 30,179 |
| 2024-11 | 16,420.4 | 29,623 |
| 2024-10 | 16,606.3 | 30,019 |
| 2024-09 | 14,686.1 | 27,737 |
| 2024-08 | 16,448.7 | 30,968 |
| 2024-07 | 16,193.8 | 29,633 |
| 2024-06 | 15,571.6 | 29,452 |
| 2024-05 | 16,251.9 | 30,705 |
| 2024-04 | 17,072.8 | 31,091 |
| 2024-03 | 18,244.7 | 32,956 |
| 2024-02 | 16,955.3 | 31,036 |
| 2024-01 | 15,876.0 | 31,137 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Shell, data through July 2026.
Well map
- Oil 9,414
- Natural gas 6,125
- Undetermined 7,243
About this map
Undetermined means not enough signal to settle it. Producing wells are the ones that reported oil or gas in the trailing 12 months per region.
Type curves
Horizontal wells only. Average production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced.
How these curves are built
Horizontal wells only: 852 of the 1,120 wells in these cohorts. Average daily production per well, drawn against the cohort’s cumulative production per well on a log rate scale, for wells grouped by when they first produced. Includes every well of the cohort that is old enough at each month. Wells that are shut in or have stopped producing count as zero, so the average reflects the full cohort, not just survivors. Rates are calendar-day (volume ÷ days in month). The cumulative axis accumulates those same monthly averages at the average month length. Months not yet fully reported are excluded. The 2010-2014 curve draws those years as one group. The chart opens on average daily rate against months on production; the view control switches to rate against cumulative production per well (the log-rate form described above) or to cumulative production per well against months. Every view draws the same cohorts from the same production history. Each cohort with a dashed curve is solid through the last month all of its wells sit inside fully reported data. Past it the dashed curve carries the same wells forward, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends, for up to five years. A dashed curve runs as far as at least nine in ten of its wells are accounted for. A cohort with no dashed curve is drawn only through the months where at least 30% of its wells are old enough for the month to be fully reported. A well that is old enough but shut in still counts, as zero. The measured months are what these wells reported. In the forward months each well counts its own reported figure for each month it has one, our forecast for each month it has only that, and zero for the rest. The forward average counts every well of the cohort. The drawn forecast runs up to five years past the measured months. Line thickness tracks how many wells each curve is drawn from. 14 wells are counted here but not shown on the age axis: they started producing in 1995 or earlier, too close to the start of our records for their region to verify their true age.
Cohort summary table
| First produced | Wells | Peak oil (bbl/d per well) | Month-12 oil (bbl/d per well) | Cum oil in series (Mbbl per well) | Peak gas (Mcf/d per well) | Month-12 gas (Mcf/d per well) | Cum gas in series (Bcf per well) | Months in series | Wells old enough at last month in series | Forecast months drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 721 | — | 45.4 | 4,847 | — | 0.3 | 3 | 74% | — |
| 2025 | 42 | 447 | — | 70.6 | 6,359 | — | 1.4 | 8 | 100% | 60 |
| 2024 | 60 | 440 | 217 | 148 | 4,722 | 2,479 | 2.1 | 19 | 100% | 60 |
| 2023 | 43 | 585 | 159 | 228 | 3,625 | 2,646 | 2.4 | 32 | 100% | 60 |
| 2022 | 45 | 459 | 207 | 189 | 6,226 | 4,050 | 3.8 | 44 | 100% | 60 |
| 2021 | 30 | 927 | 471 | 626 | 715 | 506 | 0.6 | 56 | 100% | 60 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,463 | 1,157 | 881 | 699 | 520 | 0.5 | 69 | 100% | 60 |
| 2019 | 31 | 614 | 431 | 483 | 2,688 | 2,157 | 2.7 | 80 | 100% | 60 |
| 2018 | 35 | 203 | 109 | 122 | 5,985 | 3,931 | 5.4 | 92 | 100% | 60 |
| 2017 | 50 | 130 | 120 | 109 | 3,830 | 2,672 | 3.7 | 104 | 100% | 60 |
| 2016 | 74 | 209 | 164 | 374 | 2,836 | 1,956 | 3.4 | 116 | 100% | 60 |
| 2015 | 59 | 79.5 | 25.8 | 50.2 | 1,883 | 1,458 | 2.3 | 127 | 100% | 60 |
| 2010-2014 | 347 | 312 | 272 | 463 | 1,978 | 1,678 | 2.8 | 140 | 100% | 60 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Shell type curves, per-well production by first-production cohort.
Recent permitting
About this chart
Approvals of every permit type per month, the 24 months to Jun 2026. The last bar is Jun 2026 through June 1, 2026 (1 so far), drawn hatched. All 5 approved in the 365 days to June 1, 2026 are permits to drill a new well. Permits to drill a new well: 5 in the 365 days to June 1, 2026 and 1 in the last 90 days of that window. How permits are counted.
- Shell was granted 5 well permits in the 365 days to June 1, 2026. Of those, 1 came in the last 90 days of that window. The latest approval on record is dated June 1, 2026.
- All 5 approved in the 365 days to June 1, 2026 are permits to drill a new well. Permits to drill a new well: 5 in the 365 days to June 1, 2026 and 1 in the last 90 days of that window.
- Permits counted here come from Alberta, British Columbia and California.
- Alabama, Argentina, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Manitoba, Michigan and Mississippi reach this page through production data alone.
Well permits approved per month: full table
| Month | Permits approved |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 (through June 1, 2026) | 1 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 |
| Dec 2025 | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 0 |
| Oct 2025 | 1 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 |
| Aug 2025 | 0 |
| Jul 2025 | 0 |
| Jun 2025 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 2 |
| Apr 2025 | 3 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 |
| Feb 2025 | 34 |
| Jan 2025 | 0 |
| Dec 2024 | 0 |
| Nov 2024 | 7 |
| Oct 2024 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 1 |
| Aug 2024 | 15 |
| Jul 2024 | 0 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
What we cover here
Each row names the grain a region’s production is held at. Where a source publishes at a coarser grain, the page says so.
| Data | Grain | Since | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta production | project + well | 1962-01 | — |
| Alaska production | well | 1919-12 | ~100–101% of EIA |
| Alabama production | well | 1944-04 | ~100–104% of EIA |
| Arkansas production | well | 1920-04 | ~62–101% of EIA |
| Argentina production | well | 2006-01 | — |
| British Columbia production | well | 1954-06 | — |
| Brazil production | well | 1941-12 | — |
| California production | well | 1944-03 | ~98–101% of EIA |
| Colorado production | well | 1999-01 | ~100% of EIA |
| Gulf of Mexico production | well | 1947-11 | ~100% of EIA |
| Kansas production | well | 1987-01 | ~99–100% of EIA |
| Louisiana production | well | 1977-01 | ~97–98% of EIA |
| Manitoba production | well | 1951-02 | — |
| Michigan production | well | 1980-08 | ~100% of EIA |
| Mississippi production | well | 1946-07 | ~99–101% of EIA |
| Montana production | well | 1986-01 | ~96–100% of EIA |
| North Dakota production | well | 1951-04 | ~99–100% of EIA |
| New Mexico production | well | 1924-01 | ~100% of EIA |
| Oklahoma production | lease + well | 1990-07 | ~99–100% of EIA |
| Pennsylvania production | well | 1980-01 | ~100% of EIA |
| Texas production | well | 1993-01 | ~99–100% of EIA |
| Utah production | well | 1984-01 | ~100% of EIA |
| West Virginia production | well | 1985-01 | ~99–100% of EIA |
| Wyoming production | well | 1978-01 | ~100–101% of EIA |
Benchmark cells compare our series with the EIA’s published estimates.
About the EIA comparison
The two are produced differently: the EIA estimates from a survey of the largest operators and a model built to anticipate late filings, while the series compared here are rebuilt from the source’s own records as they arrive. Recent months can differ without either being wrong; the methodology page explains both methods.
Coverage rows for Shell are regenerated at every build from the same catalog of sources the data is built from.
Top regions by 2025 operated production
| Region | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) | Share of 2025 output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf of Mexico | 195.4 | 214.9 | 86.2% |
| British Columbia | 0 | 189.9 | 5.2% |
| Argentina | 11 | 9.1 | 4.8% |
| Brazil | 9.1 | 4.4 | 3.8% |
| Alberta | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Share of output counts oil and gas together, gas at its market-value weight.
What the data shows
- Shell produced 215.4 MMbbl of oil and 419.0 Bcf of natural gas in 2025.
- Shell oil production reached its highest level on record in 2025 at 215.4 MMbbl.
- Shell operated production across 24 reporting regions in 4 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, United States) in our coverage.
- 852 operated producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.
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