New Mexico, which shares a prolific slice of the Permian Basin with Texas, in March produced the most natural gas and oil production on record, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported.

Oil output averaged 1.16 million b/d in March, while gas production climbed to 6.19 Bcf/d, EIA researchers led by Emily Geary noted.  The increases came one month after the South Central region of the country was slammed by Winter Storm Uri, forcing many producers working in the Permian fields of New Mexico and Texas to shut in wells.

“New Mexico’s increased production in March was a result of both new wells coming online for the first time and existing wells coming back online after being shut in during the cold snap,” EIA noted.

Oil production increased from February by 17%,...