US imports and exports of natural gas, 1981

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5171281· OSTI ID:5171281

Dillard, F. B.

Natural gas imports accounted for approximately 4% of the total estimated US natural gas supply in 1981. Imports of natural gas (as a percent of total supply) were at the lowest level in a decade. The combined volume of natural gas imports by pipeline and by LNG shipment in 1981 amounted to 904.0 billion cubic feet. This represented a decrease of 8.2% from the 1980 volume of 984.8 billion cubic feet. Imports of LNG from Algeria sharply decreased, totaling only 36.8 billion cubic feet in 1981, as compared with 85.9 billion cubic feet in 1980. This 57.1% decrease in imports of Algerian LNG accounts for more than one-half of the total reduction in natural gas imports during the 1981 reporting period. A small amount of LNG (6 million cubic feet) was delivered by truck from Canada in 1981. In contrast, exports of pipeline natural gas and LNG increased by 21.9% during the same period, from 48.7 billion cubic feet in 1980 to 59.4 billion cubic feet in 1981. Exports of LNG to Japan from Southern Alaska increased from 44.7 billion cubic feet in 1980 to 55.9 billion cubic feet in 1981. Net imports of natural gas (i.e., imports less exports) thus decreased by 10.0%, from 936.0 billion cubic feet in 1980 to 844.5 billion cubic feet in 1981. The flow of US natural gas imports and exports during the year and the volumes and average prices of total natural gas imports and exports over the past 10 years are shown. Detailed historical data for the years 1955 to 1981 are provided in tabular form.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
• OSTI ID: 5171281
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0188-81; ON: DE82020271
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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