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Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, August 2026. Note: 1H2026=first half of 2026.
We forecast U.S. marketed natural gas production will average 122.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2026, surpassing the previous record of 118.5 Bcf/d set in 2025, in our August 2026 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
In the first half of 2026 (1H26), marketed natural gas production averaged 121.3 Bcf/d, 4% (4.6 Bcf/d) more than the same period in 2025. Most of this expansion is concentrated in the Permian region in Texas and New Mexico and the Haynesville region in Louisiana and Texas.
The United States was the world’s largest producer of natural gas from 2009 through 2024, the most recent year for which we have global natural gas production data.
