The U.S. ranks 17th in growth in natural gas production

According to British Petroleum, between 2008 and 2009 natural gas production increased in the United States by 3.5%, which makes the United States tied for seventeenth with Indonesia in that category. India ranks first, with an increase in natural gas production of 28.9%.

The U.S. ranks 1st in oil capacity

According to British Petroleum, in 2009 the United States had an oil refinery capacity of  17,688,000 barrels per day, or 19.5% of the world’s total oil refinery capacity. That is enough to make the United States rank first in that category.

The U.S. ranks 1st in nuclear energy consumption

According to British Petroleum, in 2006 the United States consumed the equivalent of 187.5 million tonnes of oil, or 29.5% of the world’s total nuclear energy consumption, enough to make the United States rank first in that category.