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U.S. Natural Gas Vented and Flared (Million Cubic Feet)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1973
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1974
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1975
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1976
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1977
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1978
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1979
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1980
12,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
11,000
9,000
9,000
10,000
12,000
10,000
10,000
11,000
1981
10,000
10,000
9,000
8,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
7,000
7,000
6,000
8,000
1982
9,000
8,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
8,000
6,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
1983
6,997
6,997
7,997
7,997
8,996
6,997
7,997
7,997
7,997
7,997
8,996
7,997
1984
8,993
7,994
8,993
8,993
8,993
8,993
9,992
8,993
8,993
8,993
9,992
7,994
1985
8,066
7,058
7,058
8,066
8,066
8,066
8,066
8,066
8,066
8,066
8,066
8,066
1986
8,966
7,970
7,970
7,970
7,970
7,970
7,970
7,970
6,974
7,970
8,966
8,966
1987
12,866
8,907
9,897
9,897
9,897
8,907
11,876
10,886
9,897
9,897
8,907
11,876
1988
11,877
11,877
11,877
11,877
11,877
11,877
12,867
11,877
11,877
11,877
11,877
10,887
1989
10,896
10,896
12,877
11,886
11,886
11,886
11,886
11,886
11,886
11,886
11,886
11,886
1990
14,600
10,225
11,439
11,096
13,027
9,336
12,503
14,187
12,921
13,328
13,288
14,465
1991
11,200
11,517
13,235
13,665
14,992
13,935
15,545
15,281
14,027
15,033
15,082
14,686
1992
14,205
12,656
13,584
12,893
12,085
14,800
15,863
15,109
15,102
13,468
13,922
13,832
1993
18,757
19,453
17,977
19,009
20,021
22,107
19,512
15,803
18,378
19,266
17,369
19,089
1994
19,228
19,470
19,042
18,367
18,270
21,125
19,132
18,154
19,517
19,043
18,073
18,914
1995
21,444
20,230
20,013
21,011
24,045
27,956
26,315
22,339
24,856
25,107
24,143
26,281
1996
25,783
24,250
22,649
22,434
23,028
15,764
23,859
23,538
21,908
23,059
22,836
23,008
1997
24,556
21,816
22,643
21,622
21,728
18,500
22,961
20,576
20,898
20,085
19,095
21,872
1998
8,754
7,632
7,875
8,107
9,112
7,932
9,683
9,543
9,300
8,627
7,971
8,482
1999
10,645
9,233
9,297
9,769
10,487
9,045
9,196
8,425
9,455
8,931
7,519
8,281
2000
6,987
9,132
6,725
8,616
7,049
7,413
10,021
6,841
7,242
7,821
6,903
6,482
2001
9,285
6,979
7,675
8,736
8,523
7,797
7,775
8,596
8,218
8,053
7,803
7,472
2002
8,557
7,298
8,483
7,703
8,425
8,007
8,219
9,026
7,863
7,592
8,225
9,781
2003
8,748
7,713
9,114
8,731
8,978
8,384
7,431
8,030
7,947
7,977
7,353
7,706
2004
7,759
7,030
7,921
8,001
7,371
8,062
8,474
7,971
8,037
8,800
9,015
7,970
2005
11,040
8,965
9,417
8,671
10,253
10,384
10,437
10,049
9,728
10,197
9,510
10,445
2006
9,877
9,506
10,414
10,390
10,478
11,444
11,839
9,968
11,096
12,242
11,308
11,140
2007
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2008
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
-
= No Data Reported;
--
= Not Applicable;
NA
= Not Available;
W
= Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Release Date: 12/24/2008
Next Release Date: 1/30/2009
Referring Pages:
Natural Gas Vented and Flared
U.S. Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals and Production
Natural Gas Vented and Flared (Summary)