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Top Natural Gas Producing States, 2006

Rank
State
Marketed Production1
Million Cubic Feet
1
  Texas  
5,513,739
2
  Wyoming  
1,816,201
3
  Oklahoma   
1,688,985
4
  New Mexico   
1,609,223
5
  Louisiana   
1,361,119
6
  Colorado   
1,202,821
7
  Alaska
444,724
8
  Kansas  
371,044
9
  Michigan   
365,294
10
  Utah  
348,040
11
  California   
315,209
12
  Alabama
286,220
13
  West Virginia  
225,530
14
  Arkansas  
193,258
15
  Pennsylvania   
158,355
16
  Montana  
112,845
17
  Virginia  
103,027
18
  Kentucky  
95,320
19
  Ohio  
86,315
20
  Mississippi   
60,531
21
  New York   
55,980
22
  North Dakota  
55,273
23
  Indiana  
2,921
24
  Florida  
2,540
25
  Tennessee  
1,793
26
  Nebraska   
1,200
27
  South Dakota  
963
28
  Oregon  
621
29
  Arizona
611
30
  Illinois  
170
31
  Maryland  
48
32
  Nevada
5
*
  Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico
2,901,969

 

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 2006, Table 3