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Natural Gas Production by County in Nebraska

Nebraska's production by county is best represented by the map. The darkest areas produced the largest quantities in 2010. Historical numbers are in the following table. Totals can be viewed in the report Natural Gas Production. Although Chase County and Perkins County show no natural gas production from 1984 to 2006, the two counties reported natural gas production in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2010, Chase County reported production, but Perkins County did not. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, Chase County made up 28 percent, 39 percent, and 36 percent, respectively, of the total natural gas produced in Nebraska—more than any of the other counties.

Natural Gas Production by County in Nebraska
2010

Natural Gas Production by County in Nebraska, 1984 – 2010

(Thousand Cubic Feet)
Year Banner Chase Cheyenne Deuel Dundy Garden Kimball Morrill Perkins Scotts
Bluff		 Sioux Total
1984 160,551 0 1,605,710 15,767 0 0 481,755 27,588 0 6,243 784 2,298,398
1985 144,777 0 1,378,244 11,785 0 0 384,316 20,251 0 5,196 0 1,944,569
1986 91,632 0 941,395 8,569 106 0 334,349 20,881 0 4,382 2,171 1,403,485
1987 79,174 0 722,013 1,642 448 0 429,122 19,813 0 4,432 3,896 1,260,540
1988 57,074 0 531,539 282 933 0 290,461 17,735 0 3,889 8,555 910,468
1989 42,152 0 477,798 0 1,036 0 326,149 17,674 0 4,454 9,254 878,517
1990 43,922 0 443,997 0 868 0 266,329 24,902 0 4,207 8,917 793,142
1991 43,546 0 424,242 0 910 0 278,240 22,751 0 5,705 8,109 783,503
1992 37,919 0 800,134 0 316 0 302,677 24,797 0 6,444 4,214 1,176,501
1993 33,539 0 1,642,768 0 0 0 407,847 25,178 0 4,914 0 2,114,246
1994 32,478 0 2,401,085 0 278 0 438,491 20,736 0 5,269 0 2,898,337
1995 31,747 0 1,762,869 0 542 39,346 381,865 18,825 0 4,703 0 2,239,897
1996 29,784 0 1,493,477 4,626 527 34,842 290,878 16,389 0 5,474 0 1,875,997
1997 27,825 0 1,329,949 56,702 516 1,920 234,651 13,401 0 4,721 0 1,669,685
1998 24,562 0 1,245,899 208,518 537 820 0 12,019 0 3,399 0 1,495,754
1999 19,845 0 1,004,568 191,807 415 0 167,695 10,644 0 1,870 0 1,396,844
2000 50,958 0 812,290 188,502 461 120 183,001 10,742 0 2,346 0 1,218,420
2001 19,064 0 790,591 194,837 427 18,384 172,769 10,100 0 2,858 0 1,209,030
2002 16,832 0 785,205 183,276 488 41,645 152,690 9,650 0 2,813 0 1,192,599
2003 16,448 0 813,386 437,076 9,833 27,603 155,505 8,167 0 2,770 0 1,470,788
2004 16,132 0 800,001 471,127 18,138 35,305 146,721 8,541 0 2,815 0 1,498,780
2005 10,675 0 689,384 320,028 10,152 24,013 137,498 7,815 0 1,360 0 1,200,925
2006 7,833 0 805,559 260,509 8,202 13,882 115,691 5,463 0 311 0 1,217,450
2007 7,395 257,894 659,191 383,265 13,834 19,824 172,894 3,563 41,704 0 0 1,559,564
2008 6,427 855,519 731,838 830,118 269,830 157,129 159,025 5,233 68,369 0 0 3,083,488
2009 5,805 1,142,226 618,828 628,746 271,835 96,389 128,413 2,458 21,687 0 0 2,916,387
2010 4,397 812,464 520,755 553,904 199,067 43,698 118,886 385 0 0 0 2,253,556

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

Notes: The production numbers include dry gas and casinghead production. Totals may not match annual production numbers. The annual production numbers are the final numbers.

The table and map were updated on December 15, 2011. Typically, there is one year between updates.