Table C5. Assumed Lower 48 Conventional Gas Resource Base as of January 1, 1998

Table C5. Assumed Lower 48 Conventional Gas Resource
Base as of January 1, 1998
(Trillion Cubic Feet)

Resource	NPC Study	EIA Study
New Field Discoveries	633	450
Onshore	376	200
Offshore	257	250
Shallow	118	70
Deep	139	180
Reserve Growth	222	253
Total	855	703
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.