Table C2. Projected U.S. Consumption of Natural Gas, 1998-2020

Table C1. Projected U.S. Consumption of Natural Gas, 1998-2020
(Trillion Cubic Feet per Year)

Year	NPC Study	EIA Study
Year	NPC Study	Accelerated Depletion Case	Reference Case
1998	22.0	21.4	21.4
2005	26.3	23.4	23.6
2010	29.0	26.7	27.0
2015	31.3	28.8	29.7
2020	—	28.6	31.4
Sources: National Petroleum Council, Natural Gas: Meeting the Challenges of the Nation’s Growing Natural Gas Demand (Washington, DC, December 1999); and Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, National Energy Modeling System runs OGBASE.D051200A and OGDEPL.D051200A.