World natural gas, 1976
World marketed production of natural gas in 1976 totaled 49,459 billion cubic feet as compared with 47,518 billion cubic feet during 1975. The 4.1 percent production increase in 1976 was considerably higher than the 0.7 percent rise which occurred in the previous year. This was primarily the result of a sharp decrease in the rate of decline in U.S. output and a continuing high growth rate for the U.S.S.R. Marketed production of natural gas in the United States, which declined 0.8 percent to 19,952 billion cubic feet during 1976, dropped to 40.3 percent of the world total. The U.S.S.R., with a 1976 marketed production of 11,336 billion cubic feet, accounted for 22.9 percent of the world total, and its growth rate of 11.1 percent was nearly 3 times the world average. Other countries contributing a significant portion of 1976 total world marketed production included the Netherlands with 6.9 percent, and Canada with 6.2 percent. The 1976 gross production of natural gas exceeded marketed production by 9,842 billion cubic feet. Of this quantity, an estimated 26 percent was used for oil reservoir repressuring, primarily in the United States and Venezuela. The balance, 7,237 billion, cubic feet, was vented and flared. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments in 1976 were equivalent to 613 billion cubic feet 15.0 percent higher than in 1975, and accounted for 12.2 percent of total world natural gas trade.
- OSTI ID:
- 7175227
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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