Natural gas production share (snapshot)

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
2%

United States · as of 12 Aug 2026

Natural gas production share in United States (snapshot) stood at 2% as of 12 August 2026 (API).

Original source
Publisher
API
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
Gulf of America Lease Sale 'Another Vote of Confidence in American Energy'
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Today, 14% of total U.S. crude oil production and 2% of natural gas production comes from the Gulf of America.

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APA
American Petroleum Institute. (2026). Gulf of America Lease Sale 'Another Vote of Confidence in American Energy'. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/12/gulf-of-america-lease-sale-another-vote-of-confidence-in-american-energy. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T11
MLA
American Petroleum Institute. "Gulf of America Lease Sale 'Another Vote of Confidence in American Energy'." 2026, https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/12/gulf-of-america-lease-sale-another-vote-of-confidence-in-american-energy. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T11.
Chicago
American Petroleum Institute. "Gulf of America Lease Sale 'Another Vote of Confidence in American Energy'." 2026. https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/12/gulf-of-america-lease-sale-another-vote-of-confidence-in-american-energy. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T11.
BibTeX
@misc{api2026naturaldt9t11, author = {{American Petroleum Institute}}, title = {Gulf of America Lease Sale 'Another Vote of Confidence in American Energy'}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T11}, note = {Original source: https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2026/08/12/gulf-of-america-lease-sale-another-vote-of-confidence-in-american-energy. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
American Petroleum Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
Gulf of America Lease Sale 'Another Vote of Confidence in American Energy'
Type
Press release
Published
12 August 2026
Locator
Gulf of America Lease Sale 'Another Vote of Confidence in American Energy'
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T11