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 Category:   Natural Gas Consumption 
 Topic:   Delivered for the Account of Others

  Definitions

Key Terms Definition
Commercial Consumption Gas used by nonmanufacturing establishments or agencies primarily engaged in the sale of goods or services. Included are such establishments as hotels, restaurants, wholesale and retail stores and other service enterprises; gas used by local, State, and Federal agencies engaged in nonmanufacturing activities.
Delivered for the Account of Others Gas that is not owned by the company that delivers it to the consumer. These deliveries include quantities covered by long-term contracts and gas involved in short-term or spot market sales.
Industrial Consumption Establishments engaged in a process which creates or changes raw or unfinished materials into another form or product. Generation of electricity, other than by electric utilities, and agricultural uses are included.

For definitions of related energy terms, refer to the EIA Energy Glossary.

  Sources

Form EIA-176, "Annual Report of Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply and Disposition" .

  • Background on "Natural Gas Annual" data
  • Natural Gas Survey Forms and Instructions

  •   Explanatory Notes

  • Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
  • Beginning in 1996, consumption of natural gas for agricultural use was classified as industrial use. In 1995 and earlier years, agricultural use was classified as commercial use.
  • Statistical Considerations (Sample Design, Estimation Procedures, Final Revisions, Reliability of Monthly Data).