U.S. Natural Gas Data 2026: 4 Series for Land Planning

4 series provide a practical baseline: gross withdrawals, marketed production, dry production, and storage. The sources below separate production measures that are often blended in planning notes even though each answers a different question.

The inventory uses public agency pages and preserves the meaning of each measure. Landman Business treats every number as a dated observation, not as a promise about a project, market, or staffing result.

U.S. Natural Gas Data 2026: Key findings

What the primary measure means

Natural gas publications distinguish gross withdrawals, marketed production, dry production, and extraction loss. Those measures describe different points in the production stream, so selecting the familiar looking number can create a false comparison.

How records can be compared

Align physical units, calendar periods, and gas category before joining federal and state tables. Monthly values may be revised after annual surveys, and state systems may group wells or products differently from EIA.

Decision boundary

Gas production data is planning context rather than evidence of mineral ownership or a completed lease obligation. Preserve the source definition next to every copied value so a later reviewer can reproduce the choice.

Data fields to capture

• Gross withdrawals at the source
• Marketed and dry production after processing
• Storage movements that change short term context

Also retain publisher, source URL, stable record identifier, covered period, access date, and revision status. Store interpretation in a separate notes field so the source observation remains unchanged.

Interpretation limits

• Never compare series with different processing stages as if they match.
• Preserve the geographic coverage field.
• Use release dates to distinguish new data from revisions.

Gas production data is planning context rather than evidence of mineral ownership or a completed lease obligation. Preserve the source definition next to every copied value so a later reviewer can reproduce the choice.

Review questions

A reproducible review of U.S. Natural Gas Data 2026: 4 Series for Land Planning should answer these questions before a value enters a client work file:

• Which public authority defines Gross withdrawals at the source, and does the saved page state the same covered period as the copied value?
• Can Marketed and dry production after processing be traced to a stable record, table, or download rather than an unlabeled search result?
• Does Storage movements that change short term context use the same unit, geography, event status, and revision stage as the proposed comparison?
• Is the observation being used only for the administrative purpose that the source supports?
• Are every missing field, definition conflict, and unavailable primary record visible in the exception log?

Answering no to one of these questions does not justify filling the gap. It identifies a verification task or a decision that belongs with the authorized client reviewer.

Data sources and methodology

This article reviewed 10 named public sources on July 16, 2026. The method identifies the primary publisher, records what each page covers, and avoids combining measures until period, unit, and geography agree.

The inventory does not estimate missing values. A blank, suppressed cell, unavailable county index, or unpublished period remains unresolved until a primary record supports it.

Practical research workflow

1. State whether the question concerns withdrawals, marketed gas, or dry gas.
2. Open the EIA definition that governs the chosen series.
3. Capture unit, period, geography, and release status in separate columns.
4. Compare a state record only after mapping its category to the federal measure.
5. Recheck provisional months when the annual series is published.

The final file should let another researcher locate the same source, understand the selected definition, and see every unresolved exception without relying on an undocumented assumption.

Frequently asked questions

Why use multiple official sources?

The sources separate national series from state well records and expose the definitions needed to reconcile period, unit, geography, and revision status.

Does this inventory replace title review?

No. Public statistical and regulatory sources provide context, while parcel and title conclusions require the controlling records for the jurisdiction.

How often should the page be checked?

Check the source on its stated release schedule and verify the article at least annually. Update the verification date only after opening the source and reviewing the affected statement.

Conclusion

The sources below separate production measures that are often blended in planning notes even though each answers a different question. Use the source table as a starting point, then preserve the primary record behind every case level conclusion.

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Sources

1. U.S. EIA, Petroleum Data
2. U.S. EIA, Crude Oil Production
3. U.S. EIA, Open Data
4. U.S. EIA, Natural Gas Data
5. U.S. EIA, Drilling Productivity Report
6. Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Research and Statistics
7. North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas
8. Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission, Data
9. New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, OCD Data
10. Bureau of Land Management, Oil and Gas Statistics