The U.S. Energy Information Administration said gross natural gas withdrawals at the wellhead reached 137 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in July, a monthly record. EIA reported the figure on October 2, drawing on its Natural Gas Monthly. Gross withdrawals capture the full gas stream extracted from wells; they do not equal sales-ready gas or volumes delivered to consumers.

EIA said new wells in Texas and New Mexico were the primary source of the July increase. Combined gross withdrawals in the two states rose 1.7 Bcf/d, or 3.2%, from June to July. Louisiana, Oklahoma and North Dakota also recorded monthly increases. The national total combines changes across several producing areas rather than describing a single basin.

Higher associated gas output in the Permian Basin also contributed. EIA pointed to rising gas-to-oil ratios. It said new pipeline infrastructure is easing long-standing transport bottlenecks in Texas and supporting flows from the Permian toward Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas terminals. More takeaway capacity can make additional production easier to move, but it is not itself proof of new well output or higher exports.

EIA publishes three distinct production measures. Gross withdrawals include the entire wellhead stream. Marketed production subtracts gas used for repressuring, vented and flared gas, and nonhydrocarbon gases removed. Dry production measures consumer-grade natural gas and excludes natural gas plant liquids. EIA said marketed production and dry gas production also reached all-time highs in July.

The distinctions matter to data-centre operators, power generators, pipeline companies and LNG buyers assessing supply. A larger gross flow may be a positive sign for deliverable supply, but processing losses, field use, pipeline constraints and terminal capacity shape the volume that can reach customers. One monthly record alone does not establish a forecast for future prices or a lasting surplus.

Geographic detail matters as well: EIA reports Texas and New Mexico at state level and separately discusses the Permian as an oil-and-gas producing basin. Those definitions need not trace precisely the same boundary. The report measures withdrawals from wells; it does not show, in the same table, deliveries reaching power plants, homes or LNG terminals. A production gain should therefore not be presented as an equal increase in end-user supply.