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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedSection 9. Energy prices - petroleum and natural gas products - Statistical Data Included
Monthly Energy Review, April, 2002
Table 9.11 Natural Gas Prices
(Prices: Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet; Share of Volume Delivered:
Percentage)
Delivered to
Consumers (a),(b)
Commer-
cial
City Residen- Price
Wellhead Gate tial (c) (c)
1973 Average 0.22 NA 1.29 0.94
1974 Average .30 NA 1.43 1.07
1975 Average .44 NA 1.71 1.35
1976 Average .58 NA 1.98 1.64
1977 Average .79 NA 2.35 2.04
1978 Average .91 NA 2.56 2.23
1979 Average 1.18 NA 2.98 2.73
1980 Average 1.59 NA 3.68 3.39
1981 Average 1.98 NA 4.29 4.00
1982 Average 2.46 NA 5.17 4.82
1983 Average 2.59 NA 6.06 5.59
1984 Average 2.66 3.95 6.12 5.55
1985 Average 2.51 3.75 6.12 5.50
1986 Average 1.94 3.22 5.83 5.08
1987 Average 1.67 2.87 5.54 4.77
1988 Average 1.69 2.92 5.47 4.63
1989 Average 1.69 3.01 5.64 4.74
1990 Average 1.71 3.03 5.80 4.63
1991 Average 1.64 2.90 5.82 4.81
1992 Average 1.74 3.01 5.89 4.88
1993 Average 2.04 3.21 6.16 5.22
1994 Average 1.85 3.07 6.41 5.44
1995 Average 1.55 2.78 6.06 5.05
1996 Average 2.17 3.34 6.34 5.40
1997 Average 2.32 3.66 6.94 5.80
1998 Average 1.96 3.07 6.82 5.48
1999 Average 2.19 3.10 6.69 5.33
2000 January 2.60 3.27 6.37 5.78
February 2.73 3.48 6.54 5.96
March 2.66 3.54 6.91 5.78
April 2.86 3.72 7.19 6.04
May 3.04 4.15 8.26 5.98
June 3.77 5.19 9.50 6.49
July 3.84 5.20 10.33 6.56
August 3.73 4.63 10.37 6.09
September 4.26 5.21 10.10 6.93
October 4.58 5.66 9.44 7.49
November 4.40 5.20 8.58 7.57
December 5.77 6.64 8.56 8.20
Average 3.69 4.62 7.76 6.59
2001 January (E) 8.06 (R) 8.85 (R) 10.06 9.34
February (E) 5.84 (R) 7.21 (R) 10.35 9.68
March (E) 5.15 (R) 6.18 (R) 9.88 8.99
April (E) 5.21 (R) 6.35 (R) 10.18 (R) 8.85
May (E) 4.56 (R) 5.89 10.94 8.49
June (E) 3.88 5.36 11.51 (R) 6.91
July (E) 3.39 (R) 4.27 11.01 7.01
August (E) 3.23 (R) 4.28 10.77 (R) 6.59
September (E) 2.55 (R) 3.64 10.16 6.30
October (E) 2.40 (R) 3.48 (R) 8.27 5.90
November (E) 2.74 4.18 8.00 6.53
December (E) 2.38 4.09 7.36 6.42
Average (E) 4.12 5.83 9.64 8.08
2002 January (E) 2.35 NA NA NA
February (E) 2.14 NA NA NA
Year-to-Date Avg. (e) 2.25 NA NA NA
2001 Year-to-Date Avg. (e) 6.95 5.93 9.64 8.08
2000 Year-to-Date Avg. (e) 2.67 4.62 7.76 6.59
Delivered to Consumers (a),(b)
Commer-
cial Industrial
Share of Share of
Total Total
Volume Price Volume
Delivered (c) Delivered
1973 Average NA 0.50 NA
1974 Average NA .67 NA
1975 Average NA .96 NA
1976 Average NA 1.24 NA
1977 Average NA 1.50 NA
1978 Average NA 1.70 NA
1979 Average NA 1.99 NA
1980 Average NA 2.56 NA
1981 Average NA 3.14 NA
1982 Average NA 3.87 85.1
1983 Average NA 4.18 80.7
1984 Average NA 4.22 74.7
1985 Average NA 3.95 68.8
1986 Average NA 3.23 59.8
1987 Average 93.1 2.94 47.4
1988 Average 90.8 2.95 42.6
1989 Average 89.1 2.96 36.9
1990 Average 86.6 2.93 35.2
1991 Average 85.1 2.69 32.7
1992 Average 83.2 2.84 30.3
1993 Average 83.9 3.07 29.7
1994 Average 79.3 3.05 25.5
1995 Average 76.7 2.71 24.5
1996 Average 77.6 3.42 19.4
1997 Average 70.8 3.59 18.1
1998 Average 67.0 3.14 16.1
1999 Average 66.2 3.10 17.5
2000 January 66.5 3.41 18.7
February 67.4 3.68 19.4
March 62.4 3.54 18.2
April 61.2 3.59 18.0
May 59.6 3.67 17.0
June 56.5 4.24 18.1
July 55.5 4.55 17.6
August 57.7 4.33 17.1
September 56.0 4.88 16.5
October 58.5 5.45 16.6
November 63.0 5.39 19.8
December 67.5 6.67 20.4
Average 62.9 4.48 18.1
2001 January 69.0 (R) 8.64 15.8
February (R) 67.0 7.28 15.6
March (R) 65.9 (R) 6.31 (R) 14.6
April (R) 63.7 (R) 6.11 (R) 13.4
May 56.5 (R) 5.38 (R) 12.4
June (R) 61.1 (R) 4.71 (R) 12.5
July (R) 53.6 3.88 (R) 18.2
August (R) 53.9 (R) 3.80 17.2
September 51.9 3.26 18.2
October (R) 57.3 3.07 18.5
November (R) 62.4 (R) 4.00 (R) 17.3
December 66.1 3.39 19.0
Average 63.0 4.86 16.1
2002 January NA NA NA
February NA NA NA
Year-to-Date Avg. (e) NA NA NA
2001 Year-to-Date Avg. (e) 63.0 4.86 16.1
2000 Year-to-Date Avg. (e) 62.9 4.48 18.1
Electric
Utilities (d)
1973 Average 0.38
1974 Average .51
1975 Average .77
1976 Average 1.06
1977 Average 1.32
1978 Average 1.48
1979 Average 1.81
1980 Average 2.27
1981 Average 2.89
1982 Average 3.48
1983 Average 3.58
1984 Average 3.70
1985 Average 3.55
1986 Average 2.43
1987 Average 2.32
1988 Average 2.33
1989 Average 2.43
1990 Average 2.38
1991 Average 2.18
1992 Average 2.36
1993 Average 2.61
1994 Average 2.28
1995 Average 2.02
1996 Average 2.69
1997 Average 2.78
1998 Average 2.40
1999 Average 2.62
2000 January 2.74
February 2.96
March 3.00
April 3.23
May 3.63
June 4.45
July 4.35
August 4.27
September 4.85
October 5.17
November 5.37
December 8.23
Average 4.38
2001 January 9.47
February 6.85
March 5.69
April 5.70
May 5.14
June 4.51
July 3.83
August 3.72
September 3.15
October 2.79
November 3.30
December NA
Average NA
2002 January NA
February NA
Year-to-Date Avg. (e) NA
2001 Year-to-Date Avg. (e) NA
2000 Year-to-Date Avg. (e) NA
(a) Includes supplemental gaseous fuels.
(b) See Note 9 at end of section.
(c) Includes taxes.
(d) See Note 8 at end of section,
(e) Based on number of months with data in the current year.
(R)=Revised. NA=Not available. (E)=Estimate.
Notes: * Prices shown on this page are intended to include all taxes.
See Note 9 at end of section. * Wellhead annual and year-to-date prices
are simple averages of the monthly prices; all other annual and
year-to-date prices are volume-weighted averages of the monthly prices.
* Geographic coverage is the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Sources: See end of section.
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