The United States is a leading producer of oil and natural gas, which is allowing for historic new investments in U.S. manufacturing.

As society continues to advance and address multiple important issues – such as alleviating poverty, expanding economic development, and providing billions of people with basic energy access and improved living standards – the demand for affordable and reliable energy across the global economy is expected to grow substantially. 

Methane is the primary component of natural gas. The energy industry works hard to limit methane emissions, not only for environmental reasons, but also to capture more of the gas for sale.

Oil and natural gas development through hydraulic fracturing has proven to be safe and effective.

Smart regulations help protect public health and the environment, but ineffective, unnecessary regulations cost jobs, undercut growth and undermine competitiveness.

Technologies don’t currently exist in order to meet future energy demand while reducing emissions across the transportation, industrial and power sectors in meaningful ways.

Pipelines are an essential part of American infrastructure, providing affordable and reliable energy supplies across the country.

New Mexico is one of the United States’ leading oil and gas producers, ranking 3rd in annual oil production and 9th in annual natural gas production. With production concentrated in two areas—the Permian Basin in the southeast and the San Juan Basin in the northwest—the industry brought in more than $3.1 billion to New Mexico’s economy in 2019.

ExxonMobil’s employees are the backbone of exciting advancements that help benefit your family and communities, such as helping increase the types of plastics that could be recycled. Our team members, like Stephanie Westbrook, are helping to scale up the recycling of more types of plastics.

At ExxonMobil, we pride ourselves with carrying out the technological advancements that help benefit communities and help drive efforts to expand the types of plastics that can be recycled. We couldn’t do that without the skills and support of our world-class employees like Matthew McConomy.

As a senior sustainability advisor at ExxonMobil, Melanie Bower is supporting policy solutions that will allow advanced recycling to be used as technology in the recycling space. Mechanical recycling cannot handle all plastics, whereas advanced recycling converts difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into raw materials that can be used to make new products, including virgin quality plastics necessary for food and medical packaging. 

As a senior sustainability advisor at ExxonMobil, Melanie Bower is supporting policy solutions that will allow advanced recycling to be used as technology in the recycling space. Mechanical recycling cannot handle all plastics, whereas advanced recycling converts difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into raw materials that can be used to make new products, including virgin quality plastics necessary for food and medical packaging. 

Beneath the world's ocean, there is an abundance of oil and natural gas.

America's economy is linked in so many ways to the energy industry - watch the video to learn more.