Natural gas production for 2010 was 2.3 billion cubic feet, which was 23 percent
less than 2009 production of 2.9 billion cubic feet. The record high was in the year
1960 when 28.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas was produced. Natural gas production
for 2008 was 3.1 billion cubic feet, nearly double the production (98 percent) from
2007 when production was 1.6 billion cubic feet. The
increase in 2008 was due to high natural gas prices. More information can be found
in the report Natural Gas Production by County.
In 2009, Nebraskans consumed 163.0 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
Consumption is not available for more recent years. Nebraska's
natural gas production in 2009 was 2.9 billion cubic feet which represented only 2
percent of the natural gas consumed in the state.
Nebraska's Natural Gas Production 1950 – 2010
(Thousand Cubic Feet)
Year
Cubic Feet
1950
1,881
1951
3,678,600
1952
5,232,091
1953
6,467,053
1954
6,328,683
1955
10,264,632
1956
14,543,124
1957
15,041,526
1958
26,609,513
1959
18,243,908
Year
Cubic Feet
1960
28,189,817
1961
16,385,851
1962
14,644,383
1963
12,909,175
1964
9,303,924
1965
11,790,398
1966
11,097,418
1967
9,884,224
1968
9,146,108
1969
7,240,347
Year
Cubic Feet
1970
6,184,845
1971
4,955,127
1972
4,646,995
1973
4,579,029
1974
4,583,565
1975
3,884,635
1976
5,200,371
1977
2,796,144
1978
2,882,045
1979
3,224,877
Year
Cubic Feet
1980
2,500,276
1981
2,712,781
1982
2,279,799
1983
2,091,328
1984
2,300,268
1985
1,944,569
1986
1,403,485
1987
1,260,540
1988
910,468
1989
878,517
Year
Cubic Feet
1990
793,142
1991
783,503
1992
1,176,501
1993
2,114,246
1994
2,898,337
1995
2,239,897
1996
1,875,997
1997
1,669,685
1998
1,694,625
1999
1,396,844
Year
Cubic Feet
2000
1,218,420
2001
1,209,030
2002
1,192,599
2003
1,470,788
2004
1,498,780
2005
1,200,925
2006
1,217,450
2007
1,559,564
2008
3,083,488
2009
2,916,387
Year
Cubic Feet
2010
2,253,556
2011
NA
2012
NA
2013
NA
2014
NA
2015
NA
2016
NA
2017
NA
2018
NA
2019
NA
Sources: "Nebraska Oil Activity Summary." Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Sidney, NE.
Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
This report was updated on December 15, 2011. Typically, there is one year between updates.
