Table B8. Natural Gas Supply and Disposition, Rapid and Slow Technology Comparisons (Continued)

Table B8. Natural Gas Supply and Disposition, Rapid and Slow Technology
Comparisons (Continued)
(Trillion Cubic Feet per Year, Unless Otherwise Noted)

Supply, Disposition, and Prices	2015				2020
	Reference	Accelerated Depletion	Accelerated Depletion		Reference	Accelerated Depletion	Accelerated Depletion
	Reference	Accelerated Depletion	Slow Tech- nology	Rapid Tech- nology	Reference	Accelerated Depletion	Slow Tech- nology	Rapid Tech-
Lower 48 Average Wellhead Price¹
(1998 dollars per thousand cubic feet)	2.68	3.13	3.59	2.32	2.79	4.12	4.56	2.37

Dry Gas Production²
U.S. Total	25.19	23.94	22.46	26.84	26.54	23.03	20.84	28.98
Lower 48 Onshore	17.97	17.42	16.68	19.88	19.36	17.58	15.85	23.04
Associated-Dissolved³	1.30	1.29	1.22	1.35	1.32	1.31	1.23	1.37
Non-Associated	16.67	16.13	15.45	18.53	18.03	16.26	14.62	21.66
Conventional	10.19	10.26	9.58	10.00	10.65	10.26	8.85	10.78
Unconventional	6.48	5.87	5.88	8.53	7.38	6.00	5.76	10.88
Lower 48 Offshore	6.71	6.01	5.27	6.44	6.65	4.92	4.46	5.41
Associated-Dissolved³	0.93	0.87	0.83	0.92	0.94	0.88	0.83	0.93
Non-Associated	5.78	5.14	4.43	5.53	5.71	4.04	3.63	4.47
Alaska	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54

Supplemental Natural Gas⁴	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06

Net Imports	4.55	4.87	5.13	4.03	4.88	5.52	5.49	3.91

Total Supply	29.80	28.87	27.64	30.92	31.48	28.62	26.39	32.95

Consumption by Sector
Residential	5.49	5.40	5.31	5.58	5.71	5.45	5.35	5.82
Commercial	3.61	3.53	3.46	3.67	3.65	3.45	3.37	3.73
Industrial⁵	9.65	9.48	9.29	9.79	10.00	9.54	9.32	10.16
Electric Generators⁶	8.22	7.72	6.98	8.93	9.14	7.47	5.80	10.07
Lease and Plant Fuel⁷	1.56	1.50	1.43	1.63	1.66	1.49	1.38	1.77
Pipeline Fuel	0.92	0.88	0.83	0.98	0.96	0.84	0.78	1.03
Transportation⁸	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.32	0.31	0.31	0.32
Total	29.74	28.80	27.58	30.86	31.43	28.56	26.32	32.91

Discrepancy⁹	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.04

Lower 48 End of Year Reserves	193.46	166.04	155.18	226.00	199.54	152.26	142.20	232.16