75 Years of U.S. Energy Production · The Shale Turn Rewrote the Mix
The last 75 years split cleanly at the shale revolution. After four decades of flat output, natural gas surged from 2008; crude oil, down for thirty years, rebounded sharply from 2009. Coal, long a steady grower, has fallen off a cliff since 2009. Nuclear climbed for three decades then plateaued in the 2000s, and renewables doubled between 2006 and 2025. The 2025 production mix: natural gas 47%, crude oil 26%, coal 10%, renewables 7%.
Why this matters for B2B
Cheap, abundant domestic energy is a structural advantage for U.S. manufacturing and logistics — and Texas sits at the center of it. Low industrial power and fuel costs feed into warehousing, cold chain and freight economics across the Gulf, part of why a Houston hub can move goods across the Americas competitively. The shale-driven energy base is one reason Texas keeps drawing population and industry. See the Texas overview and warehousing & logistics.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), energy production 1950–2025. Visualization: Visual Capitalist ("75 Years of U.S. Energy Production"). Original image reproduced above with source attribution intact.