Contents
Highlights 7
Common Abbreviations 8
A. Explanatory Notes 102
Note 1. Production 102
Note 2. Natural Gas Plant Liquid (NGPL) Production 103
Note 3. Supplemental Gaseous Fuels 104
Note 4. Imports and Exports 104
Note 5. Natural Gas Storage 104
Note 6. Consumption 105
Note 7. Balancing Item 106
Note 8. Average Price of Deliveries to Consumers 106
Note 9. NGPL Composite Spot Price and Natural Gas Spot Price 107
Note 10. Heating Degree-Days 108
Note 11. Heat Content 108
B. Data Sources 109
Note 1. Production 109
Form EIA-176, "Annual Report of Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply andDisposition" 109
Form EIA-895, "Monthly and Annual Quantity and Value of Natural Gas Report" 110
Form EIA-914, "Monthly Natural Gas Production Report" 111
Form EIA-191, "Underground Natural Gas Storage Report" 111
"Quarterly Natural Gas Import and Export Sales and Price Report" 112
Form EIA-857, "Monthly Report of Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries to Consumers" 112
Form EIA-910, "Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey" 113
C. Statistical Considerations 114
Glossary 123
Table 1. Summary of natural gas supply and disposition in the United States, 2010-2015 9
Table 2. Natural gas consumption in the United States, 2010-2015 11
Table 3. Selected national average natural gas prices, 2010-2015 13
Table 4. U.S. natural gas imports, 2013-2015 15
Table 5. U.S. natural gas exports, 2013-2015 20
Table 6. Gross withdrawals of natural gas in selected states and the Federal Gulf of Mexico, 2010-2015 25
Table 7. Marketed production of natural gas in selected states and the Federal Gulf of Mexico, 2010-2015 27
Table 8. Underground natural gas storage-all operators, 2010-2015 29
Table 9. Underground natural gas storage-by season, 2013-2015 31
Table 10. Underground natural gas storage-salt cavern storage fields, 2010-2015 32
Table 11. Underground natural gas storage-storage fields other than salt caverns, 2010-2015 33
Table 12. Net withdrawals from underground storage, by state, 2013-2015 34
Table 13. Activities of underground natural gas storage operators, by state, May 2015 39
Table 14. Natural gas deliveries to residential consumers, by state, 2013-2015 40
Table 15. Natural gas deliveries to commercial consumers, by state, 2013-2015 45
Table 16. Natural gas deliveries to industrial consumers, by state, 2013-2015 50
Table 17. Natural gas deliveries to electric powera consumers, by state, 2013-2015 55
Table 18. Natural gas deliveries to all consumers, by state, 2013-2015 60
Table 19. Average citygate price, by state, 2013-2015 65
Table 20. Average price of natural gas sold to residential consumers, by state, 2013-2015 70
Table 21. Average price of natural gas sold to commercial consumers, by state, 2013-2015 75
Table 22. Average price of natural gas sold to industrial consumers, by state, 2013-2015 80
Table 23. Average price of natural gas sold to electric powera consumers, by state, 2013-2015 85
Table 24. Percentage of total deliveries included in residential, commercial, and industrial prices, by state, 2013-2015 90
Table 25. Heating value of natural gas consumed, by state, 2013-2015 97
Figure 1. Production, consumption, and net imports of natural gas in the United States, 2012-2015 10
Figure 2. Natural gas deliveries to consumers in the United States, 2012-2015 12
Figure 3. Average citygate and consumer prices of natural gas in the United States, 2012-2015 14
Figure 4. Spot prices of natural gas and natural gas plant liquids in the United States, 2012-2015 14
Figure 5. Working gas in underground natural gas storage in the United States, 2012-2015 30
Figure 6. Percentage of total deliveries included in residential, commercial, and industrial price estimates, 2012-2015 96
Table A1. Methodology for most recent monthly natural gas supply and disposition data of tables 1 and 2 102
Table C1. Standard error for natural gas deliveries and price by consumers, by state, May 2015 122