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U.S. Natural Gas Vented and Flared (MMcf)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1930's 392,528 526,159 649,106 677,311
  1940's 655,967 630,212 626,782 684,115 1,010,285 896,208 1,102,033 1,067,938 810,178 853,884
  1950's 801,044 793,186 848,608 810,276 723,567 773,639 864,334 809,148 633,412 571,048
  1960's 562,877 523,533 425,629 383,408 341,853 319,143 375,695 489,877 516,508 525,750
  1970's 489,460 284,561 248,119 248,292 169,381 133,913 131,930 136,807 153,350 167,019
  1980's 125,451 98,017 93,365 94,962 107,913 94,778 97,633 123,707 142,525 141,642
  1990's 150,415 169,909 167,519 226,743 228,336 283,739 272,117 256,351 103,019 110,285
  2000's 91,232 96,913 99,178 98,113 96,408 119,097 129,701


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