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Top Natural Gas Producing States, 2007

Rank
State
Marketed Production1
Million Cubic Feet
1
 Texas  
6,091,724
2
 Wyoming  
1,923,224
3
 Oklahoma   
1,744,393
4
 New Mexico   
1,544,830
5
 Louisiana   
1,363,538
6
 Colorado   
1,242,571
7
 Alaska
433,485
8
 Utah  
376,409
9
 Kansas  
365,877
10
 California
307,160
11
 Alabama
270,407
12
 Arkansas
269,886
13
 Michigan
264,907
14
 West Virginia  
231,184
15
 Pennsylvania   
182,277
16
 Montana  
116,848
17
 Virginia  
112,057
18
 Kentucky  
95,437
19
 Ohio  
88,095
20
 Mississippi   
73,460
21
 New York   
54,942
22
 North Dakota  
54,745
23
 Tennessee  
3,942
24
 Indiana  
3,606
25
 Florida  
1,778
26
 Nebraska   
1,555
27
 South Dakota  
995
28
 Arizona
655
29
 Oregon
409
30
 Illinois  
169
31
 Maryland  
35
32
 Nevada
5
*
 Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico
2,798,718

 

1 Marketed Production: Gross withdrawals less gas used for repressuring, quantities vented and flared, and nonhydrocarbon
gases removed in treating or processing operations. Includes all quantities of gas used in field and processing plant operations.
Source: Natural Gas Annual 2007, Table 3