U.S. crude oil output fell for a second straight month in June, dropping by 33,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) to 12.08 MMbbl/d, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a monthly report released on Aug. 30.

Still, weekly U.S. crude production jumped to a new weekly record at 12.5 MMbbl/d last week, based on separate EIA data.

Texas crude output rose by 13,000 bbl/d to a new record at 4.98 million bpd in while production in North Dakota climbed 36,000 bbl/d to 1.40 MMbbl/d in June, matching a record level touched in December 2018, the data showed.

Output increases in the two states have been major contributors to the U.S. becoming the world's biggest oil producer, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia. But the rate of growth has slowed amid concerns of slowing demand and oversupply.

In New Mexico, production declined by 14,000 bbl/d to 885,000 bbl/d, easing from a record, according to the data.

The U.S. oil rig count, an early indicator of future output, has declined over the past eight months, and was set for another drop in August, as independent exploration and production companies cut spending on new drilling as they focus more on earnings growth instead of increased output.

Meanwhile, monthly gross natural gas production in the lower 48 U.S. states rose to a record high of 101.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in June from a revised 100.2 Bcf/d in May, according to the EIA's 914 report.

In Texas, the biggest gas producing state, output increased 0.7% to a fresh record high of 27.4 Bcf/d in June from a revised 27.2 Bcf/d in May.
In Pennsylvania, the second-biggest gas-producing state, output slipped 0.5% to 18.7 Bcf/d from a revised 18.8 Bcf/d in May