U.S. associated natural gas production will likely grow through 2050 in our AEO2023

In our Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (AEO2023), natural gas production from oil formations, known as associated natural gas, grows across most cases through 2050, continuing a long-term trend. In the AEO2023 Reference case, we project that associated natural gas will account for approximately 20% of total U.S. natural gas production over that period, and we examined cases in AEO2023 where it makes up as much as 32% of production.