Editing Natural gas (section)

==Demand==
{{See also|Gas depletion}}
[[File:World - Natural Gas Production of Countries.png|thumb|upright=2|[[List of countries by natural gas production|Natural gas extraction by countries]] in cubic meters per year around 2013]]{{Globalize section|date=October 2022|US}}
As of mid-2020, natural gas production in the US had peaked three times, with current levels exceeding both previous peaks. It reached 24.1&nbsp;trillion cubic feet per year in 1973, followed by a decline, and reached 24.5&nbsp;trillion cubic feet in 2001. After a brief drop, withdrawals increased nearly every year since 2006 (owing to the [[Shale gas in the United States#Barnett and beyond|shale gas boom]]), with 2017 production at 33.4&nbsp;trillion cubic feet and 2019 production at 40.7&nbsp;trillion cubic feet. After the third peak in December 2019, extraction continued to fall from March onward due to decreased demand caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic in the US]].<ref name="EIAThirdPeak">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals |url=http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n9010us2m.htm |access-date=2020-09-28 |website=U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)}}</ref>

The [[2021 global energy crisis]] was driven by a global surge in demand as the world quit the economic recession caused by COVID-19, particularly due to strong energy demand in Asia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-10-08 |title=Covid is at the center of world's energy crunch, but a cascade of problems is fueling it |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/covid-center-world-energy-crunch-cascade-problems-fuel-rcna2688}}</ref>