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Natural Gas: United States

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Highlights

Industry Overview
Market Size and Trends | Production Overview | Market Segmentation | Technology
Environmental and Regulatory Considerations | Pricing Trends | Trade
Global Overview

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Industry Forecasts
Market Environment | Production Forecasts | Market Forecasts

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Resources

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Industry Structure
Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited
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Natural Gas: United States

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope and Method

This report forecasts US natural gas demand and production in cubic feet. In this report,
demand and consumption are used interchangeably. Production quantities are provided
in terms of dry production. Total demand is provided in terms of market by:

electric power
industrial
residential
commercial
other markets such as lease, plant, and vehicle fuel; and pipeline and
distribution use.

Total demand, production, and the various segments are sized at five-year intervals for
historical years 2007 and 2012 with a forecast to 2017. Forecasts emanate from the
identification and analysis of pertinent statistical relationships and other historical
trends/events as well as their expected progression/impact over the forecast period.
Changes in quantities between reported years of a given total or segment are typically
provided in terms of five-year compound annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of
brevity, forecasts are generally stated in smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the
forecast year, such as demand is projected to rise 3.2% annually through 2016. The
result of any particular year over that period, however, may exhibit volatility and depart
from a smoothed, long-term trend, as historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
Natural Gas: United States represents the synthesis and analysis of data from various
primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated June 2012 and
December 2012
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

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Natural Gas: United States

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

211111

1311
1321
4925

211112
221210

Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas

Extraction
Natural Gas Liquid Extraction
Natural Gas Distribution

Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas

Natural Gas Liquids
Mixed, Manufactured, or Liquefied
Petroleum Gas Production and/or
Distribution

Copyright and Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Natural Gas: United States

Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Market Size & Trends .............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Natural Gas Consumption Trends, 2002-2012 ............................................ 2
Production Overview ................................................................................................................................ 3
Chart 2 | United States: Dry Natural Gas Production Trends, 2002-2012 ......................................... 4
Market Segmentation ............................................................................................................................... 5
Chart 3 | United States: Natural Gas Demand by Market, 2012 ........................................................ 5
Electric Power. .................................................................................................................................... 5
Industrial. ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Residential. ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Commercial. ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Other. .................................................................................................................................................. 8
Technology .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Environmental & Regulatory Considerations ......................................................................................... 11
Pricing Trends ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Chart 4 | United States: Natural Gas Wellhead Pricing Trends, 2002-2012 .................................... 13
Trade ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Chart 5 | United States: Natural Gas Trade (trillion cubic feet) ........................................................ 14
Global Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 15
Chart 6 | Dry Natural Gas Production by Region, 2011 ................................................................... 15
Industry Forecasts ....................................................................................................................................... 16
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 16
Table 1 | United States: Key Indicators for Natural Gas Demand (billion 2005 dollars)................... 16
Production Forecasts ............................................................................................................................. 17
Table 2 | United States: Natural Gas Supply and Demand (trillion cubic feet) ................................. 17
Market Forecasts ................................................................................................................................... 18
Table 3 | United States: Natural Gas Demand by Market (trillion cubic feet) ................................... 18
Electric Power. .................................................................................................................................. 18
Industrial. .......................................................................................................................................... 19
Residential. ....................................................................................................................................... 19
Commercial. ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Other. ................................................................................................................................................ 20
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 21
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 21
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 22
Exxon Mobil Corporation .................................................................................................................. 22
Chesapeake Energy Corporation ..................................................................................................... 23
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ..................................................................................................... 24
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 25
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 26
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