The U.S. is suffering slowed natural gas production as several countries look for new energy suppliers after imposing sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
While the U.S. is the world's largest producer of natural gas, the two regions of the country most productive of the energy resource — the Appalachians and West Texas — are seeing production growth diminish. Natural gas companies attribute the slowdown to a lack of adequate pipeline infrastructure.
The Appalachian region, which supplied about 37 percent of U.S. gas last year, has seen its production slow due to the difficulties energy firms face in building new pipes to funnel gas out of the Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia area. FILE PHOTO: Gas prices grow along with inflation as this sign at a gas station shows in San Diego, California, U.S. November, 9, 2021.