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How much oil does an oil rig pump a day?

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The largest floating platforms will produce 240 thousand of barrels a day, the smallest ones around 80 thousand. read more

To clarify, an oil rig itself is used to drill to the oilwell, not to pump oil. After the well is drilled, it is fracked, or completed. After which, the well is ready to be produced, the process whereby oil and/or gas flows to the surface of the well. read more

Approximately 5,000 barrels per day. Since a barrel is equal to 42 gallons, this is the same as 210,000 gallons per day. read more

America’s first commercial oil well in 1859 used a common water pump to retrieve oil from 69.5 feet. A modern oil well pump can produce from deeper wells. read more

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