Natural gas monthly

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5731319

Highlights include: marketed production of natural gas during August was estimated at 1318 billion cubic feet (Bcf), 10.4% below the August 1982 level; consumption during August was an estimated 1085 Bcf, a decrease of 5.5% compared to August 1982; natural gas consumption in July, compared to the previous July, was down in all market sectors; the volume of working gas in underground storage reservoirs at the end of August was 3.3% below the August 1982 level; the average wellhead price of natural gas in June 1983 was $2.53 per thousand cubic feet Mcf, up 11 cents from June 1982; in August 1983, the US city average residential price for 100 therms of natural gas was $6.58 per Mcf as compared to $5.56 per Mcf in August 1982; the average wellhead price for natural gas purchases projected for September 1983 was $2.64 per Mcf. In September 1982 the average price was $2.54 per Mcf. The average price projected for Old Gas (NGPA Sections 104, 105, and 106) in September 1983 was $1.24 per Mcf, for New Gas (NGPA Sections 102, 103, 108, and 109) $3.43 per Mcf, and for High Cost Gas (NGPA Section 107) $6.25 per Mcf. In September 1982 the prices projected for Old Gas, New Gas, and High Cost Gas averaged $1.35, $3.26, and $7.33 per Mcf, respectively; and a selected group of natural gas companies estimated that 2.4 trillion cubic feet of surplus deliverability was available for offsystem sales during the six-month period July through December 1983. An overview of the Mexican natural gas situation is presented. (PSB)

• Research Organization: USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Oil and Gas
• OSTI ID: 5731319
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0130(83/10); ON: DE84002275
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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