State of American Energy 2018
Americans are powering past the impossible every day with the help of natural gas and oil, our country’s leading sources of energy. They’re fuels and also the building blocks for countless products that make life modern and convenient – as well as technologies that meet some of our greatest challenges. Natural gas and oil are helping build better lives, today and tomorrow.
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Powering Innovation – Exploration
Innovative technologies drive 21st-century natural gas and oil production, safely and efficiently supplying the energy Americans use every day.

Powering Innovation – Delivery & Transportation
Modern infrastructure delivers energy and finished products safely and reliably across the country.

Powering Innovation – Processing & Generation
Companies are investing in technologies that help improve air quality by reducing refinery energy consumption and capturing carbon dioxide from power plants and factories.

Powering Environmental Progress – Emissions
Natural gas and oil companies are committed to developing the energy Americans use every day safely while also protecting the environment.

Powering Environmental Progress – Hydraulic Fracturing
Natural gas and oil are being produced more efficiently and maximizing production, while using less space on the surface.

Powering the Economy – Jobs
Natural gas and oil support jobs across the breadth of the U.S. economy and in all 50 states.

Powering the Economy – Savings & Growth
U.S. energy abundance powers the economy and has produced cost savings for American consumers.

Powering the Economy – Trade & Infrastructure
U.S. crude oil exports and growing LNG exports could add billions to our economy and support hundreds of thousands of additional American jobs.

Powering Manufacturing – Health & Safety
Thousands of products made from natural gas and oil make life modern.

Powering Manufacturing – Space & Technology
From smart clothes that monitor your health to rockets that are taking us deeper into space, oil and gas power science and technology.

Powering Communities
Our fellow citizens want our industry to be aware of and responsive to society’s broader needs. We are.