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U.S. Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals (MMcf)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1930's 2,691,512 3,084,567 3,108,858 3,387,095
  1940's 3,752,702 4,168,116 4,525,095 5,024,449 5,708,288 6,000,161 6,293,037 6,733,230 7,178,777 7,546,825
  1950's 8,479,650 9,689,372 10,272,566 10,645,798 10,984,850 11,719,794 12,372,905 12,906,669 13,146,635 14,229,272
  1960's 15,087,911 15,460,312 16,038,973 16,973,368 17,535,553 17,963,100 19,033,839 20,251,776 21,325,000 22,679,195
  1970's 23,786,453 24,088,031 24,016,109 24,067,202 22,849,793 21,103,530 20,943,778 21,097,071 21,308,815 21,883,353
  1980's 21,869,692 21,587,453 20,272,254 18,659,046 20,266,522 19,606,699 19,130,711 20,140,200 20,999,255 21,074,425
  1990's 21,522,622 21,750,108 22,132,249 22,725,642 23,580,706 23,743,628 24,113,536 24,212,677 24,108,128 23,822,711
  2000's 24,173,875 24,500,779 23,941,279 24,118,978 23,969,678 23,456,822 23,507,471 24,536,309

Updated on 6/27/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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