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Date Published : December 9, 2008
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Table 5a. U.S. Natural Gas Supply, Consumption, and Inventories
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Supply (Billion cubic feet per day)
Total Marketed Production	51.86	53.10	55.21	58.21	58.76
Alaska	1.34	1.22	1.22	1.11	1.11
Federal GOM^a	8.58	7.95	7.59	6.49	6.61
Lower 48 States (excl GOM)	41.94	43.93	46.40	50.61	51.04
Total Dry Gas Production	49.45	50.62	52.82	55.80	56.41
Gross Imports	11.89	11.47	12.62	10.52	10.07
Pipeline	10.16	9.87	10.51	9.54	8.94
LNG	1.73	1.60	2.11	0.98	1.13
Gross Exports	2.00	1.98	2.25	2.67	2.53
Net Imports	9.90	9.49	10.37	7.85	7.54
Supplemental Gaseous Fuels	0.17	0.18	0.17	0.15	0.14
Net Inventory Withdrawals	0.14	-1.20	0.46	0.14	-0.41
Total Supply	59.67	59.09	63.81	63.94	63.68
Balancing Item^b	0.64	0.23	-0.65	-0.44	-0.34
Total Primary Supply	60.30	59.32	63.16	63.50	63.33
Consumption (Billion cubic feet per day)
Residential	13.22	11.97	12.94	13.44	13.54
Commercial	8.22	7.77	8.24	8.51	8.52
Industrial	18.07	17.79	18.17	18.20	17.76
Electric Power^c	16.08	17.05	18.83	18.18	18.28
Lease and Plant Fuel	3.05	3.08	3.20	3.38	3.41
Pipeline and Distribution Use	1.60	1.60	1.70	1.71	1.73
Vehicle Use	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.09
Total Consumption	60.30	59.32	63.16	63.50	63.33
End-of-period Inventories (Billion cubic feet)
Working Gas Inventory	2635	3070	2879	2831	2982
Producing Region^d	748	953	909	849	944
East Consuming Region^d	1511	1726	1586	1588	1642
West Consuming Region^d	376	391	384	394	397

^a	Marketed production from U.S. Federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
^b	The balancing item represents the difference between the sum of the components of natural gas supply and the sum of components of natural gas demand.
^c	Natural gas used for electricity generation and (a limited amount of) useful thermal output by electric utilities and independent power producers.
^d	For a list of States in each inventory region refer to Methodology for EIA Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Estimates (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/ngs/methodology.html).

	- = no data available
	Notes: The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics.
	LNG: Liquefied Natural Gas.
	Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Natural Gas Monthly, DOE/EIA-0130; and Electric Power Monthly, DOE/EIA-0226.
	Minor discrepancies with published historical data are due to independent rounding.
	Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.