Alaska

Arizona

Wyoming

Montana

Kentucky

Saskatchewan

West Virginia

Texas

Missouri

Louisiana

Alabama

New Mexico

Kansas

British Columbia

Michigan

Alberta

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Manitoba

Oklahoma

Ontario

California

Arkansas

Ohio

Indiana

Illinois

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A map of North America highlighting producing oil fields. Orange dots indicate oil fields located in regions including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, California, the Gulf of Mexico, and Alberta. There is also one oil field marked in the North Atlantic Ocean.

The locations of producing oil fields in North America

Producing Oil Fields

North America

Producing Oil Fields In North America

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

District of Columbia

Florida

Idaho

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Washington

Nunavut

Maine

North Dakota

Nova Scotia

Virginia

Delaware

Prince Edward Island

Mississippi

Nebraska

Hawaii

North Carolina

Oregon

New Brunswick

Wisconsin

Newfoundland and Labrador

New Jersey

South Carolina

Connecticut

Nevada

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

Québec

Tennessee

South Dakota

Minnesota

Iowa

A map shows areas of insolation (incoming solar radiation) across the world, categorized by watts per square meter.

Average annual levels of solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface

Insolation

The map illustrates global insolation, showing variations in incoming solar radiation from the tropics to the polar regions. In the Northern Hemisphere, high insolation (220 to 280 plus watts per square meter), highlighted as dark green to dark red spans from northwestern Mexico through southern Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean, across the Atlantic to North Africa and Southwest Asia, with peaks in the eastern Sahara and Arabian Peninsula. In the Southern Hemisphere, high insolation areas stretch from East Africa to South Africa and across the Indian Ocean to most of Australia, with other high insolation zones in the Central Pacific and south-central South America. Middle insolation values (120 to 219 watts per square meter), highlighted as light blue to green, are found between 50 degrees north and 50 degrees south latitude, excluding high insolation regions. Low insolation areas (80 to 119 watts per square meter), highlighted as blue to light blue, are located north of the 50-degree lines to the poles in North America, the North Atlantic, and Eurasia, and around the Southern Ocean in Antarctica. The lowest insolation values (less than 80 watts per square meter), highlighted as dark blue, are in the ocean east of northern Greenland.

World

NOAA

Watts per square meter (W/m²)

A map highlights areas around the world that are vulnerable to a sea-level rise of 70 meters, marked in blue.

Areas vulnerable to a 70-meter rise in sea level, given worst-case scenario conditions

Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (70 m)

In North America, vulnerable regions include the eastern seaboard of the United States, the Gulf Coast, parts of the West Coast, and the coastal areas of Canada, including the Arctic regions. Central America shows vulnerability along its entire coastline, particularly in Mexico, Belize, and the eastern coasts of Nicaragua and Panama. In South America, the vulnerable areas are mainly along the eastern coast, including parts of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, as well as the western coastlines of Colombia and Ecuador. Europe sees extensive vulnerability along the Atlantic coasts, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea, including the British Isles, the coastlines of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and the Baltic states, as well as parts of the Mediterranean coastline, including Italy and Greece. In Africa, vulnerable areas are identified along the Mediterranean coast in the north, the west coast from Mauritania to Nigeria, parts of the east coast in Somalia and Tanzania, and the southern tip around South Africa. Asia shows significant vulnerability in low-lying coastal areas, including the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia (notably Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia), and East Asia, particularly eastern China and Japan. In Australia, the vulnerable areas include the northern coast, the eastern seaboard, and parts of the southern and western coasts. Oceania has numerous vulnerable areas, especially in the low-lying islands and coastal regions of countries like Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Antarctica is marked with some coastal vulnerability, highlighting the global impact of potential sea-level rise on diverse geographic regions.

Display by:	Producing Oil Fields In North America	Insolation										Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (70 m)
	Producing Oil Fields In North America	240–259	220–239	200–219	180–199	160–179	140–159	120–139	100–119	80–99	Less than 80	Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (70 m)
Utah				70.0%	8.89%	2.63%
Idaho						78.1%	21.9%
Washington						1.22%	98.8%
Wyoming	5				12.4%	87.6%
Montana	2					14.7%	85.3%
North Dakota							100%
Kentucky	5				46.4%	53.6%
Prince Edward Island								100%
Saskatchewan	6						42.7%	57.2%
West Virginia	2					99.2%	0.827%
Nebraska					9.53%	90.5%
Missouri	1				66.4%	33.6%
Hawaii			2.67%	97.3%
Oregon						96.3%	3.75%
New Mexico	2	15.5%	33.9%	49.1%
Kansas	3			5.90%	91.6%	2.46%
Wisconsin							100%
British Columbia	2						21.7%	31.5%	46.8%
Newfoundland and Labrador								29.5%	69.1%	1.36%
Michigan	4						100%
Alberta	9						29.7%	53.1%	17.2%
Colorado	3			48.1%	51.6%	0.332%
Nevada			1.58%	63.4%	31.2%	3.86%
Oklahoma	5			82.2%	17.8%
Tennessee					100%
South Dakota						50.1%	49.9%
Ohio	1					51.6%	48.4%
Indiana	1				0.561%	79.2%	20.2%
Minnesota							99.9%
Iowa						77.7%	22.3%
Illinois	2				11.8%	73.8%	14.4%
Alaska	3								28.4%	69.2%	2.23%	0.255%
Arizona	1	44.2%	33.7%	22.1%								0.242%
Yukon									100%			0.684%
Northwest Territories								2.63%	82.4%	14.9%		0.108%
District of Columbia						100%						77.4%
Florida			32.7%	67.3%								98.1%
New Hampshire							100%					6.12%
Rhode Island							100%					48.0%
Vermont							100%					4.19%
Nunavut								1.36%	33.1%	65.5%		0.364%
Maine							99.8%	0.153%				14.3%
Nova Scotia							52.4%	47.6%				17.9%
Virginia					2.49%	97.5%						21.7%
Delaware						100%						97.2%
Mississippi				82.1%	17.9%							32.2%
Texas	26	5.26%	58.9%	35.9%								11.0%
Louisiana	6		26.8%	73.2%								87.7%
North Carolina					73.0%	27.0%						41.0%
New Brunswick							47.2%	52.8%				20.2%
Alabama	3			66.2%	33.8%							25.8%
New Jersey						51.6%	48.4%					68.4%
South Carolina					100%							49.2%
Connecticut							100%					10.5%
Pennsylvania	3					19.4%	80.6%					0.839%
Massachusetts					0.220%		99.8%					37.7%
Georgia				48.3%	51.7%							30.7%
New York							100%					0.347%
Maryland						100%						53.3%
Québec							10.4%	38.5%	41.0%	10.1%		1.53%
Manitoba	1						26.0%	66.7%	7.35%			7.86%
Ontario	1						30.4%	56.0%	13.7%			8.71%
California	4	2.69%	22.7%	49.4%	19.9%	5.25%						1.65%
Arkansas	2			50.1%	49.9%							31.1%

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Producing Oil Fields In North America