MSN_NAME (downloaded from eia.doe.gov, 10/15/01) DB_UNIT 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Natural Gas Consumed by the Residential Sector MMcf 992544 1198369 1474725 1621966 1685503 1894248 2123952 2327564 2500269 2714251 2912601 3103167 3248578 3478563 3589021 3787292 3902802 4138259 4313304 4450354 4728281 4837432 4971690 5125982 4879387 4786128 4924124 5051360 4821485 4903006 4965365 4752082 4546450 4633035 4380599 4555465 4433377 4313969 4314833 4630330 4780638 4391324 4555659 4690065 4956445 4847701 4850318 5241414 4983772 4520276 4725672 4922892
Natural Gas Consumed by the Commercial Sector MMcf 347818 387838 464309 515669 530650 584957 629219 716871 775916 871774 975107 1020222 1076849 1206668 1267783 1374717 1443648 1622740 1958970 2075736 2253206 2398510 2508977 2607982 2597037 2555617 2508293 2667740 2500793 2601106 2785961 2610895 2519791 2605523 2432547 2524244 2432382 2318335 2430064 2670465 2717722 2622721 2728581 2802751 2861569 2895013 3031077 3158244 3214912 2999491 3044628 3358270
Natural Gas Consumed by Other Industrial Users MMcf 2245372 2498259 2765264 2874765 3027514 3070651 3410975 3706610 3888494 3885445 4216671 4534530 4672355 4863300 5134081 5522498 5955417 6512702 6653016 7129967 7610501 7850660 8180527 8168855 8688675 8291782 6968267 6963850 6815289 6756641 6899418 7171661 7127547 5831170 5642708 6153841 5901288 5579057 5953308 6383382 6816244 7018414 7230962 7526898 7981433 8167033 8579585 8870422 8832450 8686147 9000936 9389216
Natural Gas Consumed as Lease and Plant Fuel MMcf 835297 927611 1149470 1164596 1131017 1102535 1130985 1002537 1046084 1146064 1238945 1236781 1288762 1369512 1411088 1370835 1156224 1033400 1140966 1237131 1345648 1398758 1413650 1455563 1495915 1477386 1396277 1634355 1659145 1647911 1498530 1026438 927591 1109398 978249 1076881 966047 922524 1149383 1095883 1069902 1236392 1129268 1170821 1171940 1123720 1220168 1249662 1203179 1157498 1077164 1255252
Natural Gas Consumed by the Industrial Sector MMcf 3080669 3425870 3914734 4039361 4158531 4173186 4541960 4709147 4934578 5031509 5455616 5771311 5961117 6232812 6545169 6893333 7111641 7546102 7793982 8367098 8956149 9249418 9594177 9624418 10184590 9769168 8364544 8598205 8474434 8404552 8397948 8198099 8055138 6940568 6620957 7230722 6867335 6501581 7102691 7479265 7886146 8254806 8360230 8697719 9153373 9290753 9799753 10120084 10035629 9843645 10078100 10644468
Natural Gas Consumed as Pipeline Fuel MMcf 1E+12 125546 192496 207207 230314 230615 245246 295972 299235 312221 349348 347075 377607 382496 423783 435570 500524 535353 575752 590965 630962 722166 742592 766156 728177 668792 582963 548323 532669 530451 600964 634622 642325 596411 490042 528754 503766 485041 519170 613912 629308 659816 601305 587710 624308 685362 700335 711446 751470 635477 735078 752719
Natural Gas Consumed as Vehicle Fuel MMcf 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 1E+12 270 367 511 960 1741 2674 2932 4424 5079 5685 1E+12
Natural Gas Consumed by the Transportation Sector MMcf 1E+12 125546 192496 207207 230314 230615 245246 295972 299235 312221 349348 347075 377607 382496 423783 435570 500524 535353 575752 590965 630962 722166 742592 766156 728177 668792 582963 548323 532669 530451 600964 634622 642325 596411 490042 528754 503766 485041 519170 613912 629308 660086 601672 588221 625268 687103 703009 714378 755894 640556 740763 752719
End Use Sectors Primary Consumption Bcf 0
Natural Gas Consumed by Electric Utilities Mcf 5.5E+08 6.29E+08 7.64E+08 9.1E+08 1.03E+09 1.17E+09 1.15E+09 1.24E+09 1.34E+09 1.37E+09 1.63E+09 1.72E+09 1.83E+09 1.97E+09 2.14E+09 2.32E+09 2.32E+09 2.61E+09 2.75E+09 3.15E+09 3.49E+09 3.93E+09 3.98E+09 3.98E+09 3.66E+09 3.44E+09 3.16E+09 3.08E+09 3.19E+09 3.19E+09 3.49E+09 3.68E+09 3.64E+09 3.23E+09 2.91E+09 3.11E+09 3.04E+09 2.6E+09 2.84E+09 2.64E+09 2.79E+09 2.79E+09 2.79E+09 2.77E+09 2.68E+09 2.99E+09 3.2E+09 2.73E+09 2.97E+09 3.26E+09 3.11E+09 3.03E+09
Natural Gas Consumed by Nonutilities MMcf 0
Natural Gas Consumed by the Electric Power Sector MMcf 0
Natural Gas End-Use Nonutility Adjustment MMcf 0
Natural Gas Consumption MMcf 4971152 5766542 6810162 7294320 7639270 8048504 8693657 9288865 9846139 10302608 11321181 11966537 12489268 13266513 13970229 14813808 15279716 16452403 17388360 18632062 20056240 21139386 21793454 22101451 22049363 21223133 19537593 19946496 19520581 19627478 20240761 19877293 19403858 18001055 16834912 17950527 17280943 16221296 17210809 18029585 18800826 18716269 19035156 19544364 20279095 20707716 21580664 21966227 21958660 21262022 21702582 22712166
Units are trillion cubic feet of natural gas 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Residential 0.992544 1.198369 1.474725 1.621966 1.685503 1.894248 2.123952 2.327564 2.500269 2.714251 2.912601 3.103167 3.248578 3.478563 3.589021 3.787292 3.902802 4.138259 4.313304 4.450354 4.728281 4.837432 4.97169 5.125982 4.879387 4.786128 4.924124 5.05136 4.821485 4.903006 4.965365 4.752082 4.54645 4.633035 4.380599 4.555465 4.433377 4.313969 4.314833 4.63033 4.780638 4.391324 4.555659 4.690065 4.956445 4.847701 4.850318 5.241414 4.983772 4.520276 4.725672 4.922892
Commercial 0.347818 0.387838 0.464309 0.515669 0.53065 0.584957 0.629219 0.716871 0.775916 0.871774 0.975107 1.020222 1.076849 1.206668 1.267783 1.374717 1.443648 1.62274 1.95897 2.075736 2.253206 2.39851 2.508977 2.607982 2.597037 2.555617 2.508293 2.66774 2.500793 2.601106 2.785961 2.610895 2.519791 2.605523 2.432547 2.524244 2.432382 2.318335 2.430064 2.670465 2.717722 2.622721 2.728581 2.802751 2.861569 2.895013 3.031077 3.158244 3.214912 2.999491 3.044628 3.35827
Industrial 3.080669 3.42587 3.914734 4.039361 4.158531 4.173186 4.54196 4.709147 4.934578 5.031509 5.455616 5.771311 5.961117 6.232812 6.545169 6.893333 7.111641 7.546102 7.793982 8.367098 8.956149 9.249418 9.594177 9.624418 10.18459 9.769168 8.364544 8.598205 8.474434 8.404552 8.397948 8.198099 8.055138 6.940568 6.620957 7.230722 6.867335 6.501581 7.102691 7.479265 7.886146 8.254806 8.36023 8.697719 9.153373 9.290753 9.799753 10.12008 10.03563 9.843645 10.0781 10.64447
Transportation 0 0.125546 0.192496 0.207207 0.230314 0.230615 0.245246 0.295972 0.299235 0.312221 0.349348 0.347075 0.377607 0.382496 0.423783 0.43557 0.500524 0.535353 0.575752 0.590965 0.630962 0.722166 0.742592 0.766156 0.728177 0.668792 0.582963 0.548323 0.532669 0.530451 0.600964 0.634622 0.642325 0.596411 0.490042 0.528754 0.503766 0.485041 0.51917 0.613912 0.629308 0.660086 0.601672 0.588221 0.625268 0.687103 0.703009 0.714378 0.755894 0.640556 0.740763 0.752719
Electricity 0.5501211 0.628919 0.763898 0.910117 1.034272 1.165498 1.15328 1.239311 1.336141 1.372853 1.628509 1.724762 1.825117 1.965974 2.144473 2.322896 2.321101 2.609949 2.746352 3.147909 3.487642 3.93186 3.976018 3.976913 3.660172 3.443428 3.157669 3.080868 3.1912 3.188363 3.490523 3.681595 3.640154 3.225518 2.910767 3.111342 3.044083 2.60237 2.844051 2.635613 2.787012 2.787332 2.789014 2.765608 2.68244 2.987146 3.196507 2.732107 2.968453 3.258054 3.113419 3.033817
Total 4.9711521 5.766542 6.810162 7.29432 7.63927 8.048504 8.693657 9.288865 9.846139 10.30261 11.32118 11.96654 12.48927 13.26651 13.97023 14.81381 15.27972 16.4524 17.38836 18.63206 20.05624 21.13939 21.79345 22.10145 22.04936 21.22313 19.53759 19.9465 19.52058 19.62748 20.24076 19.87729 19.40386 18.00106 16.83491 17.95053 17.28094 16.2213 17.21081 18.02959 18.80083 18.71627 19.03516 19.54436 20.27909 20.70772 21.58066 21.96623 21.95866 21.26202 21.70258 22.71217