- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage claimed on BBC Breakfast that "most of our gas now comes from Montana in the (US) Midwest," a statement he has made previously.
- Provisional data for 2025 indicates the UK imported 463,692 gigawatt hours (GWh) of gas, with 104,360 GWh originating from the US, making it the UK's largest supplier of liquid natural gas (LNG) but only the third largest overall gas source.
- Montana is not a significant gas-producing state, contributing only 0.1% of total US dry gas production in 2024, and its production typically falls below its consumption levels.
- US Census Bureau data for 2025 shows that the US exported $2.8 billion worth of natural gas to the UK, primarily from Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas, with no direct gas exports recorded from Montana to the UK.
- Additionally, Montana's recorded natural gas exports in 2025, amounting to $525,083, were exclusively directed to Canada, and a 2019 report on UK-Montana trade did not list gas among its main exports to the UK.
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