Marketed natural gas production in Permian Basin grew from 17.2 billion cubic feet per day in 2021 to 27.6 Bcfd in 2025 for an increase of 60 percent. During the same period, Permian’s crude oil production grew by 39 percent from 4.7 million barrels per day to 6.6 million b/d. In a report issued last week, U.S. Energy Information Administration said, “The higher growth in natural gas production is the result of increasing gas-oil ratio.”
The GOR in the Permian Basin has steadily increased in the last five years. In 2025 the GOR averaged nearly 4,200 cubic feet of natural gas per barrel of oil for an increase of 16 percent from 2021. EIA said June 18 it expects the GOR to continue to increase as the basin matures. The report added, “As the GOR rises, we estimate that the production growth rate of natural gas will continue to exceed the growth rate of crude oil in the Permian region.”
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