Five states produced 73 percent of the record 113.1 billion cubic feet per day of U.S. marketed natural gas production in 2023. Texas accounted for 28 percent of U.S. marketed natural gas production in 2023, according to the latest Natural Gas Monthly from U.S. Energy Information Administration, followed by Pennsylvania (18 percent), Louisiana (10 percent), New Mexico (8 percent) and West Virginia (8 percent).
In 2023 marketed natural gas production in Texas, which includes offshore output from state waters, totaled 31.6 Bcf/d, an increase of 7 percent from 2022. Permian and Haynesville in Texas combined account for nearly 40 percent of U.S. dry natural gas production from shale gas plays.
Permian Basin also extends into New Mexico, where production averaged 8.7 Bcf/d in 2023, an increase of 18 percent compared with 2022. Because most Permian production of natural gas is associated natural gas from oil wells, producers respond to changes in the crude oil price rather than the natural gas price when planning exploration and production.
Growth in U.S. marketed natural gas production has slowed in 2024 due primarily to reduced output from shale and tight formations. From January through August 2024 U.S. production of marketed natural gas averaged 113.0 Bcf/d, an increase of 1 percent compared with the same period in 2023. Permian Basin drove the increase in 2024, supported by WTI crude oil prices that averaged $80 per barrel. Production in Texas increased 5 percent (1.5 Bcf/d), and output in New Mexico increased 12 percent (1.0 Bcf/d). Less production in Louisiana, where output decreased 15 percent (1.8 Bcf/d), and Pennsylvania, where output decreased 2 percent (0.5 Bcf/d), offset growth in Permian.