These 15 States Produce 94% of U.S. Natural Gas

The United States produced more natural gas last year than any other country in the world at 28.8 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). To put that into perspective, picture a passageway measuring 30 feet high and 30 feet wide that stretches around the world three times. Fill it with natural gas, and that would represent 1 trillion cubic feet. Now multiply that by about 29, and you'd have approximately the amount of cleaner-burning natural gas produced by the country last year, which was enough to meet our entire demand (27 Tcf) with room to spare, enabling the U.S. to export the excess.

What’s remarkable about this vast output is that only 15 states contributed 94% of the total, while the Gulf of Mexico added another 4% or so. Here’s a look at the country’s top gas-producing states.