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FINANCIAL ($ millions)

	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Transmission pipeline companies 1
Total operating revenues	3,190	5,928	41,604	21,756	13,841	12,092	12,050	10,339	9,450	9,555	10,404	10,257	10,096	10,892	11,313	16,547	15,364	15,846	18,186	13,127
Total operating expensesa	2,698	5,088	39,709	19,484	11,333	9,534	9,603	7,862	6,875	6,897	7,856	7,296	7,369	7,822	8,284	10,336	10,783	11,016	12,904	9,091
Operation and maintenance	2,095	4,203	36,480	17,058	8,389	6,680	6,802	5,381	4,260	4,148	5,172	4,198	4,294	4,341	4,503	6,624	6,027	5,982	7,231	4,698
Operation expenses	2,031	4,094	36,075	16,429	7,811	6,121	6,314	4,975	3,909	3,823	4,880	3,850	3,971	3,997	4,130	6,077	5,495	5,412	6,529	4,166
Maintenance expenses	64	109	405	629	578	558	488	406	351	325	292	347	322	344	373	548	532	570	702	532
Taxes (federal, state, local)	319	376	1,991	1,245	1,757	1,582	1,643	1,531	1,560	1,645	1,570	1,859	1,773	2,088	2,302	2,861	2,849	3,043	3,437	2,646
Federal taxesb	223	202	1,327	768	1,172	1,048	1,085	1,076	1,035	1,109	1,029	1,249	1,243	1,603	1,701	2,048	1,966	2,082	2,411	1,866
State and local taxes	96	174	664	477	585	534	558	455	525	536	541	610	530	485	601	813	883	961	1,026	780
Distribution pipeline companies 2
Total operating revenues	N	N	14,013	18,750	20,911	19,421	30,407	30,864	28,182	28,135	34,696	39,179	31,210	38,199	40,410	51,022	48,942	(R) 46,064	56,092	44,937
Total operating expensesa	N	N	13,263	17,125	19,025	17,402	27,917	27,445	25,668	24,564	32,103	36,450	28,266	35,113	37,330	46,811	45,868	42,697	52,155	40,302
Operation and maintenance	N	N	11,791	14,544	15,868	14,170	23,301	23,155	21,396	20,226	27,093	31,486	23,655	29,994	32,149	42,000	40,154	37,173	46,148	34,371
Operation expenses	N	N	11,539	14,020	15,279	13,575	22,433	22,388	20,710	18,270	26,271	30,776	22,902	29,236	31,355	41,114	39,261	36,283	45,075	33,372
Maintenance expenses	N	N	252	524	589	596	868	767	687	1,956	821	710	753	757	794	886	893	890	1,073	999
Taxes (federal, state, local)	N	N	1,136	1,625	1,931	1,888	2,668	2,415	2,524	2,355	2,916	2,908	2,437	2,914	2,901	3,231	3,188	3,052	3,273	3,210
Federal taxesb	N	N	351	580	703	720	1,041	849	1,250	883	1,033	1,216	891	1,108	1,096	1,071	1,053	1,172	1,215	1,231
State and local taxes	N	N	785	1,045	1,228	1,168	1,627	1,566	1,274	1,472	1,883	1,692	1,546	1,806	1,805	2,160	2,135	1,880	2,058	1,979
Investor-owned, total industry c, 3
Total operating revenues	N	N	85,918	66,027	63,446	58,435	63,600	62,660	57,548	59,142	72,075	79,276	68,594	75,567	80,331	102,061	97,197	(R) 97,236	109,600	87,457
Total operating expensesa	N	N	81,789	60,137	56,789	50,594	56,695	55,422	51,075	51,331	64,961	71,011	59,839	66,623	71,699	89,315	86,992	85,143	97,666	76,163
Operation and maintenance	N	N	74,508	51,628	45,953	40,041	45,785	44,851	41,360	41,415	54,630	58,908	48,675	55,067	59,952	77,624	73,494	71,043	82,428	61,894
Operation expenses	N	N	73,288	49,718	43,879	37,998	43,742	43,258	39,971	38,752	53,138	57,184	47,037	53,477	58,277	75,633	71,465	69,012	80,042	59,567
Maintenance expenses	N	N	1,220	1,910	2,074	2,043	2,043	1,593	1,390	2,664	1,492	1,722	1,637	1,590	1,675	1,991	2,027	2,031	2,387	2,328
Taxes (federal, state, local)	N	N	4,847	4,957	6,603	5,981	6,362	6,384	5,293	5,605	6,106	7,201	5,870	6,493	6,420	7,454	7,292	7,861	8,432	7,780
Federal taxesb	N	N	2,327	2,038	3,112	2,511	2,932	3,066	2,631	2,626	2,690	3,133	2,624	3,315	3,188	3,676	3,431	3,840	4,405	4,045
State and local taxes	N	N	2,520	2,919	3,491	3,470	3,430	3,318	2,662	2,979	3,416	4,068	3,246	3,178	3,232	3,778	3,861	4,021	4,027	3,735

INVENTORY

	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Pipeline mileage, total 4	630,950	913,267	1,051,774	1,270,374	1,335,530	1,331,676	1,314,663	1,331,775	1,372,644	1,364,336	1,377,320	1,413,555	(R) 1,462,585	(R) 1,432,209	(R) 1,484,945	(R) 1,484,552	(R) 1,504,318	(R) 1,523,943	1,533,239	1,544,759
Transmission	183,700	252,200	266,500	291,990	301,545	296,947	292,186	294,370	302,714	296,114	298,957	290,456	(R) 303,330	(R) 301,616	(R) 303,005	(R) 300,452	(R) 300,338	(R) 301,066	303,282	304,406
Distribution	391,400	594,800	701,800	945,964	1,002,669	1,003,798	992,860	1,002,942	1,040,765	1,035,946	1,050,802	1,101,485	1,136,479	1,107,559	(R) 1,156,989	(R) 1,160,484	(R) 1,183,277	(R) 1,202,893	1,209,358	1,219,801
Field and gathering	55,800	66,300	83,500	32,420	31,316	30,931	29,617	34,463	29,165	32,276	27,561	21,614	(R) 22,776	(R) 23,034	(R) 24,951	(R) 23,616	(R) 20,703	(R) 19,984	20,599	20,552
Number of employees 5
Gas utility industry totals	206,400	211,700	215,400	204,200	187,200	179,000	179,000	154,600	154,200	143,600	135,600	135,000	140,000	129,000	130,000	131,000	124,000	118,000	122,000	121,000
Investor-owned companiesd, total	N	N	202,700	192,100	175,700	168,900	163,400	145,400	142,400	133,100	125,100	123,000	123,000	114,000	111,000	119,000	111,000	106,000	111,000	110,000
Transmission pipeline companies	31,400	32,400	45,200	37,400	31,000	28,000	32,300	27,500	28,400	29,400	26,400	26,000	26,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000
Distribution pipeline companies	N	N	52,100	64,700	62,400	61,600	79,700	75,000	71,300	71,400	69,500	53,000	55,000	51,000	51,000	51,000	51,000	47,000	53,000	52,000
Integrated pipeline companies	N	N	53,200	39,900	39,400	36,400	12,700	12,300	12,000	6,200	6,000	5,000	6,000	5,000	4,000	4,000	4,000	4,000	3,000	3,000
Combination pipeline companies	N	N	52,200	50,100	42,900	42,900	38,700	30,600	30,700	26,100	23,200	39,000	36,000	33,000	31,000	39,000	31,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
Number of interstate natural gas pipeline companies e, 6	87	89	91	132	79	92	84	101	97	108	107	106	109	107	114	114	117	125	130	139

PERFORMANCE (million cubic ft.)⁷

	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Marketed production, total	12,771,038	21,920,642	20,179,724	18,593,792	19,709,525	19,506,474	19,812,241	19,866,093	19,961,348	19,804,848	20,197,511	20,570,295	19,884,780	19,974,360	19,517,491	18,927,095	19,409,674	20,196,346	21,112,053	21,604,158
Delivered to consumers, total	10,382,681	19,018,462	18,216,233	16,818,882	18,898,635	19,660,161	20,005,508	20,782,693	20,437,798	20,680,843	21,539,964	20,495,108	21,227,015	20,562,727	20,724,883	20,315,054	19,958,451	21,249,389	21,400,397	20,965,704
Consumed, total	11,966,537	21,139,386	19,877,293	19,173,556	21,247,098	22,206,889	22,609,080	22,737,342	22,245,956	22,405,151	23,333,121	22,238,624	23,007,017	22,276,502	22,388,975	22,010,596	21,684,641	23,097,140	23,268,056	22,839,158
Gas used as a pipeline fuel, total	347,075	722,166	634,622	659,816	685,362	700,335	711,446	751,470	635,477	645,319	642,210	624,964	666,920	591,492	566,187	584,026	584,213	621,364	647,956	598,216

SAFETY ⁸

	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Fatalities	N	26	15	6	21	18	48	10	19	18	37	7	(R) 11	12	18	12	21	11	7	9
Injured persons	N	233	177	69	113	53	114	72	75	88	77	51	49	66	44	46	34	43	58	63
Incidents	N	1,077	1,524	199	222	161	187	175	236	172	234	211	(R) 184	238	(R) 297	352	287	285	289	287

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

^a Total does not sum from components due to the omission of a line from source table for depreciation and other noncash expenses.

^b Figures obtained by addition / subtraction and may not appear directly in data source.

^c Industry total includes integrated and combination company totals in addition to distribution and transmission company totals.

^d Number of employees in investor-owned companies is the sum of employees in distribution, transmission, integrated and combination companies.

^e Beginning in 1991 the number of interstate natural gas pipeline companies is calculated using the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's FASTR database, which contains a listing by year of pipeline companies that are regulated and, therefore, required to pay tariff duties to the federal government. Data for the years prior to 1991 were collected from the Energy Information Administration's discontinued publication Statistics of Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Companies. Data from the two sources may not be comparable.

NOTES

Numbers may not add to total due to independent rounding.

Gas utility industry totals include employees of privately owned companies.

Pipeline mileage data for 1990 and later years are obtained from the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration and data for these years are not comparable with prior years or with numbers published in the previous NTS reports.

SOURCES

¹ 1960-70: American Gas Association, Gas Facts, 1979 (Arlington, VA: 1980), table 134. 1980-2009: Ibid., Gas Facts, (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 11-2 and similar tables in earlier editions.

² 1980: American Gas Association, Gas Facts, 1979 (Arlington, VA: 1980), table 134. 1990-2009: Ibid., Gas Facts,(Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 11-1 and similar tables in earlier editions.

³ 1980-2009: American Gas Association, Gas Facts,(Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 and similar tables in earlier editions.

⁴ 1960-70: American Gas Association, Gas Facts, 1979 (Arlington, VA: 1980), table 44. 1980: Ibid., Gas Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issue), tables 5-1 and 5-3.

⁴ 1990-2009: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, available at http://ops.dot.gov/stats.htm as of July 14, 2011.

⁵ 1960-80: American Gas Association, Gas Facts, 1979 (Arlington, VA: 1980), table 153.

⁵ 1990-2009: Ibid., Gas Facts, (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 13-2 and similar tables in earlier editions.

⁶ 1960-90: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Statistics of Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Companies (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), preface. 1991-98: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Automated System for Tariff Retrieval (FASTR database), available at http://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/gen-info/fastr/index.asp as of Feb. 18, 2004.

⁶ 1990-2009: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of External Affairs, personal communication, Aug. 8, 2011.

⁷ 1960-95: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Annual, 1998 (Washington, DC: October 1999), table 98. 1996-2009: Ibid., Natural Gas Annual, (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 1, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/data_publications/natural_gas_annual/nga.html as of July 14, 2011.

⁸ U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, available at http://ops.dot.gov/stats.htm as of July 14, 2011.