NewsU.S. gross natural gas withdrawals set a record in July
EIA reported that U.S. gross natural gas withdrawals reached 137 billion cubic feet per day in July 2026.
Event / data period: 2026-07
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IllustrationGross withdrawals, the total volume extracted at the wellhead, reached a monthly record of 137 billion cubic feet per day in July. EIA said it was the first new monthly gross-withdrawals record of 2026.
Withdrawals in Texas and New Mexico rose by a combined 1.7 billion cubic feet per day, or 3.2%, from June to July. EIA attributed the increase primarily to new wells coming online in the Permian Basin.
Gross withdrawals measure the full well stream. Marketed production and dry production use different definitions; EIA also reported July records for those measures but they should not be conflated.
Data
Natural gas production measures
U.S. gross withdrawals and the Texas-New Mexico monthly change.
- U.S. gross withdrawals
- 137 billion cubic feet per day
- 2026-07 · Observed
- Combined Texas and New Mexico monthly increase
- 1.7 billion cubic feet per day
- 2026-07 · Observed
- Combined Texas and New Mexico monthly increase rate
- 3.2 percent
- 2026-07 · Observed
Methodology
Gross withdrawals are the total wellhead volume. EIA’s marketed and dry production series use different gas scopes.
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