A line chart shows average daily production of U.S. crude oil production, in barrels, from 1970 to 2023. Production peaked at 12.9 million barrels in 2023. The background alternates between Republican (red) and Democratic (blue) presidential administrations, highlighting production trends across political periods. The chart shows production dropped during the H.W. Bush administration and continued through the Clinton and W. Bush administrations before increasing through Obama, Trump and Biden administrations, except for a dip during COVID-19.