Lone Star State Leads as U.S. Natural Gas Withdrawals Hit 47.7 Trillion Cubic Feet in 2025
The United States pulled 47.7 trillion cubic feet of gross natural gas from its wells in 2025, and a single state—Texas—was responsible for more than a quarter of that total, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data visualized by Visual Capitalist.
Gross withdrawals, a measure of total well-stream production before processing removes liquids and impurities, were heavily concentrated in a handful of states sitting atop the country’s most productive shale formations. Texas’s leadership reflects the combined output of the Permian Basin in West Texas and the Eagle Ford in South Texas, two of the most prolific plays in the world. Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Share—often styled the Marcellus—along with the Haynesville Shale spanning the Louisiana-Texas border, round out the core producing regions.
The concentration underscores how upstream natural gas supply in the U.S. remains tied to a small geographic footprint. For midstream operators—companies that gather, process, and transport gas from the wellhead to markets—capacity in and around these basins is central to their business models.
Two publicly traded companies with exposure to that infrastructure traded modestly higher in Friday’s session. Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), which supplies compression equipment used in gas production, closed at $37.72, up 2.15% from a prior close of $36.93, with a market capitalization of roughly $486.6 million. Permian Resources (PR), an upstream producer focused on the Delaware sub-basin of the Permian, finished at $23.65, a gain of 0.28% from its previous close of $23.5834, valuing the company at approximately $19.8 billion.
The EIA data used in the visualization is current for most states, though the latest available 2024 figures were substituted for five states where 2025 data had not yet been published.
Output at this scale has implications across the value chain: processed gas feeds power generation, liquefied natural gas export terminals along the Gulf Coast, and industrial demand. Pipeline takeaway capacity from the Permian in particular has been a recurring constraint, as associated gas from oil-directed drilling continues to grow alongside crude output.
What to watch
- Updated EIA state-level production data, including revisions for the five states still reporting 2024 figures.
- Upcoming quarterly earnings from Permian-focused producers and gas-services companies, including Permian Resources and Natural Gas Services Group, for operational updates.
- Progress on new pipeline and LNG export capacity announcements that could affect Permian and Haynesville takeaway volumes.
Source: original release
