Key facts
- Texas produced 13,603.5 Bcf of gross natural gas withdrawals in 2025, accounting for 28.5% of the U.S. total.
- Pennsylvania was the second-largest producer with 7,675.8 Bcf, or 16.1% of the U.S. total.
- The top four states—Texas, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Louisiana—accounted for 61.3% of U.S. gross natural gas withdrawals.
- Total U.S. gross natural gas withdrawals reached 47.7 trillion cubic feet in 2025.
- Gross withdrawals measure total well-stream production before processing.
Texas produced over a quarter of the U.S.'s gross natural gas in 2025, accounting for 13,603 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 28.5% of the national total. Pennsylvania followed closely, contributing 7,676 Bcf, or 16.1% of the total. Together, these two states generated nearly 45% of the country's gross natural gas withdrawals.
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, utilizing the latest available 2024 figures for five states, indicated that total U.S. gross natural gas withdrawals reached 47.7 trillion cubic feet in 2025. Gross withdrawals represent the total well-stream production before any processing.
New Mexico and Louisiana ranked third and fourth, with 4,151 Bcf (8.7%) and 3,817 Bcf (8.0%) respectively. The combined output from Texas, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Louisiana accounted for 61.3% of the nation's total gross natural gas withdrawals.
The Appalachian Basin, encompassing Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio, emerged as the country's second major gas-producing hub, collectively yielding 13,377 Bcf (28% of the U.S. total), primarily from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations. Alaska also ranked high, securing the sixth position with 3,546.1 Bcf (7.4%) in gross withdrawals, despite lacking a pipeline connection to the contiguous U.S.