10 largest gas companies in the United States

Natural gas is a kind of flammable gas that consists mainly of methane and other hydrocarbons. Natural gas is formed from the fossilized remains of ancient animals and plants buried deep within the earth and is often used for heating buildings, cooking, clothes drying and electricity production. The Association of supply of natural gas, or NGSA (for its acronym in English), is the organization of the US representing suppliers and producers of natural gas. In its 2010 report, NGSA lists the top 10 natural gas producers in the US

ExxonMobil

In its 2010 report, NGSA says ExxonMobil produced 2,596 MMcf (1,000,000 cubic feet) (28,317 cubic meters) of natural gas, claiming the title as the largest producer of natural gas in the US 2010. In its official website, ExxonMobil is described as the company's largest international gas and oil traded in the world. This has operations in various parts of the world and is considered the leader in the oil and gas industry.

Chesapeake Energy

Headquartered in Oklahoma City, USA Chesapeake Energy is the second largest producer of natural gas and the most active new natural gas wells in the continental United States driller. Chesapeake Energy NGSA reports produced 2.534 million cubic feet (71.755.278 cubic meters) of natural gas in 2010. The company focuses its operations in the research and development of deposits of unconventional natural gas and oil on land in the US. UU.

Anadarko Petroleum

Third on the list NGSA major producer of natural gas in the US, Anadarko Petroleum produced 2.272 million cubic feet (64.336.224 cubic meters) of natural gas in 2010. Anadarko Petroleum says on its website that It is among the largest independent oil and natural gas production in the world, with 2.4 million barrels of oil equivalent of proved at year-end 2010 reserves.

British Petroleum

BP produced 2.184 million cubic feet most important (61.844.328 cubic meters) of natural gas in 2010. According to BP, is one of the international gas companies and oil in the world, employing more than 80,000 operations in more than 80 countries.

Devon Energy

Devon Energy produced 1,960 million cubic feet (55.501.320 cubic meters) of natural gas in 2010, becoming the fifth largest producer of natural gas in the US for that year. On its website, Devon Energy describes itself as a leading independent natural gas and oil exploration and production. It also notes that its operations are focused onshore in the United States and Canada. Devon Energy is a Fortune 500 company based in Oklahoma.

Encana

Ranking sixth in the list of NGSA, Encana refined 1.861 million cubic feet (52.697.937 cubic meters) of natural gas in late 2010. Encana is headquartered in Alberta, Canada.

ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips is ranked as the seventh largest producer of natural gas in the US NGSA by 2010, with 1.777 million cubic feet (50.319.309 cubic meters) of natural gas produced. ConocoPhillips operates in more than 30 countries worldwide. It started in 1875 when its founder Isaac E. Blake prior to kerosene available in Ogden, Utah.

Chevron

With 1,314 million cubic feet (37.208.538 cubic meters) of natural gas produced by the end of 2010, Chevron ranks eighth by NGSA. Chevron began operations in 1879, when oil was discovered in Pico Canyon, north of Los Angeles. The company was originally called Pacific Coast Oil Co., later he became Standard Oil Co. of California and later Chevron.

Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing about 102,000 employees in more than 100 countries and territories. In the US, the company produced 1.153 million cubic feet (32.649.501 cubic meters) of natural gas in 2010, which is ninth on the list. Shell operates in 50 US states

EOG Resources Inc.

With a final production figure of 1,133 million cubic feet (32.083.161 cubic meters) of natural gas in 2010, EOG Resources Inc. ranks 10th on the list of producers of natural gas NGSA. It is one of the largest (non-integrated) independent oil and natural gas in the United States. It has reserves in the United States, Canada, Trinidad, the United Kingdom and China.