Withdrawals		Nonhydro-	Vented			Total
	from oil and	Repres-	carbon gases	and	Marketed	Extraction	dry gas
Year	gas wells	suring	removed	flared	production	loss	production
	trillion cubic feet
1949	7.55	1.27	na	0.85	5.42	0.22	5.2
1950	8.48	1.40	na	0.80	6.28	0.26	6.02
1951	9.69	1.44	na	0.79	7.46	0.29	7.16
1952	10.27	1.41	na	0.85	8.01	0.32	7.69
1953	10.65	1.44	na	0.81	8.40	0.34	8.06
1954	10.98	1.52	na	0.72	8.74	0.35	8.39
1955	11.72	1.54	na	0.77	9.41	0.38	9.03
1956	12.37	1.43	na	0.86	10.08	0.42	9.66
1957	12.91	1.42	na	0.81	10.68	0.43	10.25
1958	13.15	1.48	na	0.63	11.03	0.46	10.57
1959	14.23	1.61	na	0.57	12.05	0.50	11.55
1960	15.09	1.75	na	0.56	12.77	0.54	12.23
1961	15.46	1.68	na	0.52	13.25	0.59	12.66
1962	16.04	1.74	na	0.43	13.88	0.62	13.25
1963	16.97	1.84	na	0.38	14.75	0.67	14.08
1964	17.54	1.65	na	0.34	15.55	0.72	14.82
1965	17.96	1.60	na	0.32	16.04	0.75	15.29
1966	19.03	1.45	na	0.38	17.21	0.74	16.47
1967	20.25	1.59	na	0.49	18.17	0.78	17.39
1968	21.33	1.49	na	0.52	19.32	0.83	18.49
1969	22.68	1.46	na	0.53	20.70	0.87	19.83
1970	23.79	1.38	na	0.49	21.92	0.91	21.01
1971	24.09	1.31	na	0.28	22.49	0.88	21.61
1972	24.02	1.24	na	0.25	22.53	0.91	21.62
1973	24.07	1.17	na	0.25	22.65	0.92	21.73
1974	22.85	1.08	na	0.17	21.60	0.89	20.71
1975	21.10	0.86	na	0.13	20.11	0.87	19.24
1976	20.94	0.86	na	0.13	19.95	0.85	19.10
1977	21.10	0.93	na	0.14	20.03	0.86	19.16
1978	21.31	1.18	na	0.15	19.97	0.85	19.12
1979	21.88	1.25	na	0.17	20.47	0.81	19.66
1980	21.87	1.37	0.20	0.13	20.18	0.78	19.40
1981	21.59	1.31	0.22	0.10	19.96	0.77	19.18
1982	20.27	1.39	0.21	0.09	18.58	0.76	17.82
1983	18.66	1.46	0.22	0.09	16.88	0.79	16.09
1984	20.27	1.63	0.22	0.11	18.30	0.84	17.47
1985	19.61	1.92	0.33	0.09	17.27	0.82	16.45
1986	19.13	1.84	0.34	0.10	16.86	0.80	16.06
1987	20.14	2.21	0.38	0.12	17.43	0.81	16.62
1988	21.00	2.48	0.46	0.14	17.92	0.82	17.10
1989	21.07	2.48	0.36	0.14	18.10	0.78	17.31
1990	21.52	2.49	0.29	0.15	18.59	0.78	17.81
1991	21.75	2.77	0.28	0.17	18.53	0.83	17.70
1992	22.13	2.97	0.28	0.17	18.71	0.87	17.84
1993	22.73	3.10	0.41	0.23	18.98	0.89	18.10
1994	23.58	3.23	0.41	0.23	19.71	0.89	18.82
1995	23.74	3.57	0.39	0.28	19.51	0.91	18.60
1996	24.11	3.51	0.52	0.27	19.81	0.96	18.85
1997	24.21	3.49	0.60	0.26	19.87	0.96	18.90
1998	23.92	3.43	0.61	0.23	19.65	0.94	18.71
1999	23.95	3.47	0.56	0.25	19.67	0.95	18.71

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1999, Table 6.2, p. 171, DOE/EIA-0384(99) (GPO, Washington, DC, 2000).

Notes: Withdrawals are from both gas and oil wells. Extraction loss refers to volume reduction resulting from the removal of natural gas plant liquids. Total production refers to dry natural gas. Beginning in 1965, all volumes are shown on a pressure base of 14.73 p.s.i.a. at 60 degrees F. Totals may not agree with sum of components due to independent rounding. Previous-year data may have been revised. Current-year data are preliminary and may be revised in future publications.

Last Updated on Tuesday, October 10, 2000