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by johntb86 1073 days ago
As a point of comparison, the average US oil well produces around 26 barrels a day, or 1.8MW.
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I don't have any megawatt convertible statistics handy, but the distribution is HEAVILY skewed. Take this as a rough indication:

>An average marginal oil well in the United States produces about 2 barrels/day. Approximately 80 percent of all American oil wells are marginal wells, but they provide about 10-20 percent of American oil production. Approximately two-thirds of all American natural gas wells are marginal wells, averaging about 22 mcfd and providing 12 percent of American natural gas production

https://www.ipaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IPAAComments...

Oil wells are smaller and more spread out and they also can't necessarily pump more than they can store.