Table 6.5  Natural Gas Consumption by Sector, 1949-2007                      (Million Cubic Feet)
Year	Residential Sector		Commercial Sector						Industrial Sector										Transportation Sector						Electric Power Sector 1						Total
			CHP 2		Other 3		Total		Lease and Plant Fuel		Other Industrial						Total		Pipelines 6 and Dis- tribution 7		Vehicle Fuel 8		Total		Electricity Only		CHP		Total
											CHP 4		Non-CHP 5		Total
1949	992,544			[9]	347,818		347,818		835,297			[10]	2,245,372		2,245,372		3,080,669		NA		NA		NA		550,121		NA		550,121		4,971,152
1950	1,198,369			[9]	387,838		387,838		927,611			[10]	2,498,259		2,498,259		3,425,870		125,546		NA		125,546		628,919		NA		628,919		5,766,542
1951	1,474,725			[9]	464,309		464,309		1,149,470			[10]	2,765,264		2,765,264		3,914,734		192,496		NA		192,496		763,898		NA		763,898		6,810,162
1952	1,621,966			[9]	515,669		515,669		1,164,596			[10]	2,874,765		2,874,765		4,039,361		207,207		NA		207,207		910,117		NA		910,117		7,294,320
1953	1,685,503			[9]	530,650		530,650		1,131,017			[10]	3,027,514		3,027,514		4,158,531		230,314		NA		230,314		1,034,272		NA		1,034,272		7,639,270
1954	1,894,248			[9]	584,957		584,957		1,102,535			[10]	3,070,651		3,070,651		4,173,186		230,615		NA		230,615		1,165,498		NA		1,165,498		8,048,504
1955	2,123,952			[9]	629,219		629,219		1,130,985			[10]	3,410,975		3,410,975		4,541,960		245,246		NA		245,246		1,153,280		NA		1,153,280		8,693,657
1956	2,327,564			[9]	716,871		716,871		1,002,537			[10]	3,706,610		3,706,610		4,709,147		295,972		NA		295,972		1,239,311		NA		1,239,311		9,288,865
1957	2,500,269			[9]	775,916		775,916		1,046,084			[10]	3,888,494		3,888,494		4,934,578		299,235		NA		299,235		1,336,141		NA		1,336,141		9,846,139
1958	2,714,251			[9]	871,774		871,774		1,146,064			[10]	3,885,445		3,885,445		5,031,509		312,221		NA		312,221		1,372,853		NA		1,372,853		10,302,608
1959	2,912,601			[9]	975,107		975,107		1,238,945			[10]	4,216,671		4,216,671		5,455,616		349,348		NA		349,348		1,628,509		NA		1,628,509		11,321,181
1960	3,103,167			[9]	1,020,222		1,020,222		1,236,781			[10]	4,534,530		4,534,530		5,771,311		347,075		NA		347,075		1,724,762		NA		1,724,762		11,966,537
1961	3,248,578			[9]	1,076,849		1,076,849		1,288,762			[10]	4,672,355		4,672,355		5,961,117		377,607		NA		377,607		1,825,117		NA		1,825,117		12,489,268
1962	3,478,563			[9]	1,206,668		1,206,668		1,369,512			[10]	4,863,300		4,863,300		6,232,812		382,496		NA		382,496		1,965,974		NA		1,965,974		13,266,513
1963	3,589,021			[9]	1,267,783		1,267,783		1,411,088			[10]	5,134,081		5,134,081		6,545,169		423,783		NA		423,783		2,144,473		NA		2,144,473		13,970,229
1964	3,787,292			[9]	1,374,717		1,374,717		1,370,835			[10]	5,522,498		5,522,498		6,893,333		435,570		NA		435,570		2,322,896		NA		2,322,896		14,813,808
1965	3,902,802			[9]	1,443,648		1,443,648		1,156,224			[10]	5,955,417		5,955,417		7,111,641		500,524		NA		500,524		2,321,101		NA		2,321,101		15,279,716
1966	4,138,259			[9]	1,622,740		1,622,740		1,033,400			[10]	6,512,702		6,512,702		7,546,102		535,353		NA		535,353		2,609,949		NA		2,609,949		16,452,403
1967	4,313,304			[9]	1,958,970		1,958,970		1,140,966			[10]	6,653,016		6,653,016		7,793,982		575,752		NA		575,752		2,746,352		NA		2,746,352		17,388,360
1968	4,450,354			[9]	2,075,736		2,075,736		1,237,131			[10]	7,129,967		7,129,967		8,367,098		590,965		NA		590,965		3,147,909		NA		3,147,909		18,632,062
1969	4,728,281			[9]	2,253,206		2,253,206		1,345,648			[10]	7,610,501		7,610,501		8,956,149		630,962		NA		630,962		3,487,642		NA		3,487,642		20,056,240
1970	4,837,432			[9]	2,398,510		2,398,510		1,398,758			[10]	7,850,660		7,850,660		9,249,418		722,166		NA		722,166		3,931,860		NA		3,931,860		21,139,386
1971	4,971,690			[9]	2,508,977		2,508,977		1,413,650			[10]	8,180,527		8,180,527		9,594,177		742,592		NA		742,592		3,976,018		NA		3,976,018		21,793,454
1972	5,125,982			[9]	2,607,982		2,607,982		1,455,563			[10]	8,168,855		8,168,855		9,624,418		766,156		NA		766,156		3,976,913		NA		3,976,913		22,101,451
1973	4,879,387			[9]	2,597,037		2,597,037		1,495,915			[10]	8,688,675		8,688,675		10,184,590		728,177		NA		728,177		3,660,172		NA		3,660,172		22,049,363
1974	4,786,128			[9]	2,555,617		2,555,617		1,477,386			[10]	8,291,782		8,291,782		9,769,168		668,792		NA		668,792		3,443,428		NA		3,443,428		21,223,133
1975	4,924,124			[9]	2,508,293		2,508,293		1,396,277			[10]	6,968,267		6,968,267		8,364,544		582,963		NA		582,963		3,157,669		NA		3,157,669		19,537,593
1976	5,051,360			[9]	2,667,740		2,667,740		1,634,355			[10]	6,963,850		6,963,850		8,598,205		548,323		NA		548,323		3,080,868		NA		3,080,868		19,946,496
1977	4,821,485			[9]	2,500,793		2,500,793		1,659,145			[10]	6,815,289		6,815,289		8,474,434		532,669		NA		532,669		3,191,200		NA		3,191,200		19,520,581
1978	4,903,006			[9]	2,601,106		2,601,106		1,647,911			[10]	6,756,641		6,756,641		8,404,552		530,451		NA		530,451		3,188,363		NA		3,188,363		19,627,478
1979	4,965,365			[9]	2,785,961		2,785,961		1,498,530			[10]	6,899,418		6,899,418		8,397,948		600,964		NA		600,964		3,490,523		NA		3,490,523		20,240,761
1980	4,752,082			[9]	2,610,895		2,610,895		1,026,438			[10]	7,171,661		7,171,661		8,198,099		634,622		NA		634,622		3,681,595		NA		3,681,595		19,877,293
1981	4,546,450			[9]	2,519,791		2,519,791		927,591			[10]	7,127,547		7,127,547		8,055,138		642,325		NA		642,325		3,640,154		NA		3,640,154		19,403,858
1982	4,633,035			[9]	2,605,523		2,605,523		1,109,398			[10]	5,831,170		5,831,170		6,940,568		596,411		NA		596,411		3,225,518		NA		3,225,518		18,001,055
1983	4,380,599			[9]	2,432,547		2,432,547		978,249			[10]	5,642,708		5,642,708		6,620,957		490,042		NA		490,042		2,910,767		NA		2,910,767		16,834,912
1984	4,555,465			[9]	2,524,244		2,524,244		1,076,881			[10]	6,153,841		6,153,841		7,230,722		528,754		NA		528,754		3,111,342		NA		3,111,342		17,950,527
1985	4,433,377			[9]	2,432,382		2,432,382		966,047			[10]	5,901,288		5,901,288		6,867,335		503,766		NA		503,766		3,044,083		NA		3,044,083		17,280,943
1986	4,313,969			[9]	2,318,335		2,318,335		922,524			[10]	5,579,057		5,579,057		6,501,581		485,041		NA		485,041		2,602,370		NA		2,602,370		16,221,296
1987	4,314,833			[9]	2,430,064		2,430,064		1,149,383			[10]	5,953,308		5,953,308		7,102,691		519,170		NA		519,170		2,844,051		NA		2,844,051		17,210,809
1988	4,630,330			[9]	2,670,465		2,670,465		1,095,883			[10]	6,383,382		6,383,382		7,479,265		613,912		NA		613,912		2,635,613		NA		2,635,613		18,029,585
1989	4,780,638		30,037		2,687,685		2,717,722		1,069,902		913,516		5,902,728	[11]	6,816,244	[11]	7,886,146		629,308		NA		629,308		2,790,567	[11]	314,616	[11]	3,105,183	[11]	19,118,997	[11]
1990	4,391,324		46,458		2,576,263		2,622,721		1,236,392		1,055,235		5,963,179	[11]	7,018,414	[11]	8,254,806		659,816		270		660,086		2,794,110	[11]	450,509	[11]	3,244,619	[11]	19,173,556	[11]
1991	4,555,659		52,101		2,676,480		2,728,581		1,129,268		1,060,716		6,170,246	[11]	7,230,962	[11]	8,360,230		601,305		367		601,672		2,822,159	[11]	493,766	[11]	3,315,925	[11]	19,562,067	[11]
1992	4,690,065		62,346		2,740,405		2,802,751		1,170,821		1,107,361		6,419,537	[11]	7,526,898	[11]	8,697,719		587,710		2,112		589,822		2,828,996	[11]	618,875	[11]	3,447,871	[11]	20,228,228	[11]
1993	4,956,445		65,173		2,796,396		2,861,569		1,171,940		1,124,081		6,575,657		7,699,738		8,871,678		624,308		2,860		627,168		2,755,093		717,890		3,472,982		20,789,842
1994	4,847,701		72,285		2,822,728		2,895,013		1,123,720		1,176,332		6,613,217		7,789,549		8,913,269		685,362		3,207		688,569		3,064,561		837,985		3,902,546		21,247,098
1995	4,850,318		77,664		2,953,413		3,031,077		1,220,168		1,258,063		6,905,817		8,163,880		9,384,048		700,335		4,585		704,920		3,287,571		948,954		4,236,526		22,206,889
1996	5,241,414		82,455		3,075,789		3,158,244		1,249,662		1,288,876		7,146,470		8,435,346		9,685,008		711,446		6,067		717,513		2,823,724		983,177		3,806,901		22,609,080
1997	4,983,772		86,915		3,127,997		3,214,912		1,203,179		1,281,620		7,229,259		8,510,879		9,714,058		751,470		8,328		759,798		3,039,227		1,025,575		4,064,803		22,737,343
1998	4,520,276		87,220		2,912,271		2,999,491		1,172,680		1,354,986		6,965,421		8,320,407		9,493,087		635,477		9,341		644,818		3,543,931		1,044,352		4,588,284		22,245,956
1999	4,725,672		84,037		2,960,621		3,044,658		1,078,989		1,401,374		6,677,985		8,079,359		9,158,348		645,319		11,622		656,941		3,729,175		1,090,356		4,819,531		22,405,150
2000	4,996,179		84,874		3,097,595		3,182,469		1,150,948		1,385,546		6,756,694		8,142,240		9,293,188		642,210		12,752		654,962		4,092,729		1,113,595		5,206,324		23,333,122
2001	4,771,340		78,655		2,944,057		3,022,712		1,118,552		1,309,636		6,034,583		7,344,219		8,462,771		624,964		14,536		639,500		4,163,930		1,178,371		5,342,301		22,238,624
2002	4,888,818		73,975		3,070,195		3,144,170		1,113,082		1,240,209		6,266,971		7,507,180		8,620,262		666,920		14,950		681,870		4,258,467		1,413,431		5,671,897		23,007,017
2003	5,079,351		58,453		3,121,040		3,179,493		1,122,283		1,143,734		6,006,662		7,150,396		8,272,679		591,492		18,271		609,763		3,780,314		1,354,901		5,135,215		22,276,501
2004	4,868,797		72,072		3,056,900		3,128,972		1,097,904		1,190,844		6,051,993		7,242,837		8,340,741		566,187		20,514		586,701		4,141,535		1,322,228		5,463,763		22,388,974
2005	4,826,775	[R]	75,215		2,923,705	[R]	2,998,920	[R]	1,111,517		1,083,607		5,513,723	[R]	6,597,330	[R]	7,708,847	[R]	584,026	[R]	22,884	[R]	606,910	[R]	4,592,271		1,276,874		5,869,145		22,010,597	[R]
2006	4,368,370	[R]	82,261	[R]	2,752,529	[R]	2,834,790	[R]	1,123,858	[R]	1,114,597	[R]	5,379,956	[R]	6,494,553	[R]	7,618,411	[R]	584,497	[R]	24,919	[R]	609,416	[R]	5,091,049	[R]	1,131,051	[R]	6,222,100	[R]	21,653,087	[R]
2007P	4,723,959		83,358		2,924,351		3,007,709		1,168,466		1,202,079		5,429,954		6,632,033		7,800,499		622,342		26,280		648,622		5,607,088		1,266,994		6,874,082		23,054,871
1Electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.  Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only; beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and independent power producers.  Electric utility CHP plants are included in "Electricity Only." 9Included in "Commercial Other." 2Commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and a small number of commercial electricity-only plants. 10Included in "Industrial Non-CHP." 3All commercial sector fuel use other than that in "Commercial CHP." 11For 1989-1992, a small amount of consumption at independent power producers may be counted in both "Other Industrial" and "Electric Power Sector."  See Note 3, "Natural Gas Consumption, 1989-1992," at end of section. 4Industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and a small number of industrial electricity-only plants. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.5 billion cubic feet.   5All industrial sector fuel use other than that in "Lease and Plant Fuel" and "Industrial CHP." Notes:  ·  Data are for natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels.  See Note 1, "Supplemental Gaseous Fuels," at end of section.  ·  See Tables 8.5a-8.5d for the amount of natural gas used to produce electricity and Tables 8.6a-8.6c for the amount of natural gas used to produce useful thermal output.  ·  See Note 2, "Natural Gas Consumption," at end of section.  ·  Beginning with 1965, all volumes are shown on a pressure base of 14.73 p.s.i.a. at 60° F.  For prior years, the pressure base was 14.65 p.s.i.a. at 60° F.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. 6Natural gas consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in compressors. Web Page:  See http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas_/natural_gas/info_glance/natural_gas.html for related information. 7Natural gas used as fuel in the delivery of natural gas to consumers. Sources:  Residential, Commercial Total, Lease and Plant Fuel, Other Industrial Total, and Pipelines and Distribution:  ·  1949-2002—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Natural Gas Annual (NGA), annual reports and unpublished revisions.  ·  2003 forward—EIA, Natural Gas Monthly (NGM) (March 2008), Table 2.  Commercial CHP and Industrial CHP:  Table 8.7c.  Vehicle Fuel:  ·  1990 and 1991—EIA, NGA 2000 (November 2001), Table 95.  ·  1992-1998—EIA, "Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 1999" (October 1999), Table 10, and "Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2003" (February 2004), Table 10.  Data for compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas in gasoline-equivalent gallons were converted to cubic feet by multiplying by the motor gasoline conversion factor (see Table A3) and dividing by the natural gas end-use sectors conversion factor (see Table A4).  ·  1999-2002—EIA, NGA, annual reports.  ·  2003 forward—EIA, NGM (March 2008), Table 2.  Electric Power Sector:  Tables 8.5b, 8.5c, 8.6b, and 8.7b.  All Other Data:  Calculated. 8Vehicle fuel data do not reflect revised data shown in Table 10.4.  See Note 4, "Natural Gas Vehicle Fuel," at end of section.