Natural Gas Productive Capacity for the Lower-48 States - Summary -
If this increase in effective productive capacity is not utilized by increased demand, a surplus will develop.
The following sections describe the methodology and national-level results.
Note: This study uses average monthly values, which do not model phenomena - such as a severe cold snap - which might push production to full capacity (100% utilization rate) for a short time. Monthly peak winter natural gas demand is usually 1.5 times or greater than natural gas production; the deficit is met by withdrawals from natural gas storage and imports. Potential uncertainties of up to several percent may exist in some monthly production and effective productive capacity estimates for 2000 used in this study.