Natural Gas Production in Nebraska

Natural gas production for 2007 was 1.6 billion cubic feet, an increase of 28 percent from 2006 when production was 1.2 billion cubic feet.  More information can be found in the report Natural Gas Production by County.

In 2005, Nebraskans consumed 119.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas.  Consumption is not available for more recent years.  Nebraska's natural gas production in 2005 was 1.2 billion cubic feet which represented only 1 percent of the natural gas consumed in the state.


Nebraska's Natural Gas Production
1950-2007
(Thousand Cubic Feet)
1950 . . . . . 1,881 1960 . . . . . 28,189,817 1970 . . . . . 6,184,845 1980 . . . . . 2,500,276
1951 . . . . . 3,678,600 1961 . . . . . 16,385,851 1971 . . . . . 4,955,127 1981 . . . . . 2,712,781
1952 . . . . . 5,232,091 1962 . . . . . 14,644,383 1972 . . . . . 4,646,995 1982 . . . . . 2,279,799
1953 . . . . . 6,467,053 1963 . . . . . 12,909,175 1973 . . . . . 4,579,029 1983 . . . . . 2,091,328
1954 . . . . . 6,328,683 1964 . . . . . 9,303,924 1974 . . . . . 4,583,565 1984 . . . . . 2,300,268
1955 . . . . . 10,264,632 1965 . . . . . 11,790,398 1975 . . . . . 3,884,635 1985 . . . . . 1,944,569
1956 . . . . . 14,543,124 1966 . . . . . 11,097,418 1976 . . . . . 5,200,371 1986 . . . . . 1,403,485
1957 . . . . . 15,041,526 1967 . . . . . 9,884,224 1977 . . . . . 2,796,144 1987 . . . . . 1,260,540
1958 . . . . . 26,609,513 1968 . . . . . 9,146,108 1978 . . . . . 2,882,045 1988 . . . . . 910,468
1959 . . . . . 18,243,908 1969 . . . . . 7,240,347 1979 . . . . . 3,224,877 1989 . . . . . 878,517

1990 . . . . . 793,142 2000 . . . . . 1,218,420
1991 . . . . . 783,503 2001 . . . . . 1,209,030
1992 . . . . . 1,176,501 2002 . . . . . 1,192,599
1993 . . . . . 2,114,246 2003 . . . . . 1,470,788
1994 . . . . . 2,898,337 2004 . . . . . 1,498,780
1995 . . . . . 2,239,897 2005 . . . . . 1,200,925
1996 . . . . . 1,875,997 2006 . . . . . 1,217,450
1997 . . . . . 1,669,685 2007 . . . . . 1,559,564
1998 . . . . . 1,694,625      
1999 . . . . . 1,396,844      

Sources:  "Nebraska Oil Activity Summary."  Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Sidney, NE.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

This report was updated on July 1, 2008.  Typically, there is one year between updates.

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