U.S. Oil and Gas Production

The White House is celebrating the one‑year anniversary of President Trump’s National Energy Dominance Council, created by executive order on Feb. 14, 2025, with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright citing record oil and natural‑gas production as proof the strategy is working. Burgum told Fox News Digital that U.S. crude output reached 13.6 million barrels per day in 2025—above the Biden‑era peak of 13.2 million—and that natural‑gas production hit 110.1 billion cubic feet per day in November 2025, the highest since federal tracking began in 1973. The administration also points to average LNG exports of 15 billion cubic feet per day last year, up from 11 bcf per day under Biden, and argues those gains, combined with streamlined permitting, have helped push gasoline prices to some of the lowest levels in years. Officials are explicitly contrasting the pace of production growth to Biden’s term and framing cheaper energy as central to tackling lingering affordability and inflation concerns, even as independent analysts note global price cycles, prior‑term drilling decisions and corporate capital plans also drive output. The anniversary messaging underscores how 'energy dominance'—including separate Trump orders favoring coal plants and revoking EPA’s greenhouse‑gas endangerment finding—is at the center of the administration’s economic and climate posture heading into the 2026 midterms.