Highlights

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• The 2015 Natural Gas Annual shows record U.S. natural gas production levels for the fifth consecutive year and record consumption levels for the sixth consecutive year.
• Domestic dry natural gas production of 27.1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), or 74.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), in 2015 was 4.5% above the 2014 level. For the third consecutive year, Pennsylvania saw the largest total gain in annual production, increasing from 11.56 Bcf/d in 2014 to 13.04 Bcf/d in 2015. Production in Ohio increased the most, percentage-wise, of any state, for the second consecutive year. Dry natural gas production in Ohio rose more than 99%, from 1.31 Bcf/d in 2014 to 2.62 Bcf/d in 2015.
• Deliveries to consumers of natural gas in 2015 were a record level of 25.1 Tcf, or 68.6 Bcf/d, an increase of 2.8% from 2014 deliveries. Deliveries to the electric power sector increased by 18.7% in 2015 to a record level of 26.5 Bcf/d. Deliveries of natural gas used as vehicle fuel also increased (by 11.6%) in 2015. Increases in these two sectors were offset by decreases in deliveries to the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, which dropped by 9.4%, 7.7%, and 1.5%, respectively, from 2014 levels.
• In 2015, U.S. natural gas imports increased year-to-year for the first time since 2007. Total imports of natural gas in 2015 were 2,718 Bcf, an increase of 0.8% from 2014. Exports of natural gas increased year-to-year for the first time since 2012, from 1,514 Bcf in 2014 to 1,783 Bcf in 2015, an increase of 17.8%.

 

Sections

• Full Report
• Respondent/Company Level Natural Gas Data Files
• Appendices
A   Summary of Data Collection Operations and       Report Methodology
B   Metric and Thermal Conversion Tables
• Appendix Tables
A1   Natural Gas Unaccounted for by State,         2011-2015
A2   Natural Gas Processing Capacity by State, 2015         
B1   Summary Statistics for Natural Gas in the         United States, Metric Equivalents, 2011-2015
B2   Thermal Conversion Factors and Data, 2011-2015        
• Glossary

Respondent/Company Level Natural Gas Data Files

• Annual Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply and Disposition Company level data (1998 to 2013) as reported on Form EIA-176 and detailed annual data (2006 to 2013) of storage field capacity, field type, and maximum deliverability as of December 31st of the report year, as reported by operators of all U.S. underground natural gas storage fields are provided in the Natural Gas Annual Respondent Query System.