Preparing for Successful Gas Negotiations
Abstract
Gas production in the United States increased from 5,377 quadril-
lion Btus in 1949 to 19,230 billion quads in 1995 (estimate). Howe ver , the
level of gas production in the United States has been fairly con stant since
1967. Imports of natural gas, primaril y from Canada , ha ve augmen ted
production of gas in the United States . Figure 1 di spla ys the compari son
of production and consumption of natural gas in the United Stat es from
1991-1995. The vas t majority of all gas is produced by 272,000 natural gas
wells.