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Top 10 Natural Gas Producing States, 2002

Rank
State

Marketed Production1

Million Cubic Feet

1
Texas
5,141,075
2
New Mexico
1,632,080
3
Oklahoma
1,551,272
4
Wyoming
1,453,957
5
Louisiana
1,361,751
6
Colorado
841,521
7
Alaska
463,301
8
Kansas
454,901
9
California
360,204
10
Alabama
356,061
     

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 2002, Table 6