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U.S. Natural Gas Vented and Flared  (Million Cubic Feet)
U.S. Natural Gas Vented and Flared (Million Cubic Feet)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1973 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
  1974 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
  1975 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
  1976 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
  1977 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
  1978 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
  1979 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
  1980 12,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 11,000 9,000 9,000 10,000 12,000 10,000 10,000 11,000
  1981 10,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000 7,000 7,000 6,000 8,000
  1982 9,000 8,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 8,000 6,000 8,000 9,000 10,000
  1983 6,997 6,997 7,997 7,997 8,996 6,997 7,997 7,997 7,997 7,997 8,996 7,997
  1984 8,993 7,994 8,993 8,993 8,993 8,993 9,992 8,993 8,993 8,993 9,992 7,994
  1985 8,066 7,058 7,058 8,066 8,066 8,066 8,066 8,066 8,066 8,066 8,066 8,066
  1986 8,966 7,970 7,970 7,970 7,970 7,970 7,970 7,970 6,974 7,970 8,966 8,966
  1987 12,866 8,907 9,897 9,897 9,897 8,907 11,876 10,886 9,897 9,897 8,907 11,876
  1988 11,877 11,877 11,877 11,877 11,877 11,877 12,867 11,877 11,877 11,877 11,877 10,887
  1989 10,896 10,896 12,877 11,886 11,886 11,886 11,886 11,886 11,886 11,886 11,886 11,886
  1990 14,600 10,225 11,439 11,096 13,027 9,336 12,503 14,187 12,921 13,328 13,288 14,465
  1991 11,200 11,517 13,235 13,665 14,992 13,935 15,545 15,281 14,027 15,033 15,082 14,686
  1992 14,205 12,656 13,584 12,893 12,085 14,800 15,863 15,109 15,102 13,468 13,922 13,832
  1993 18,757 19,453 17,977 19,009 20,021 22,107 19,512 15,803 18,378 19,266 17,369 19,089
  1994 19,228 19,470 19,042 18,367 18,270 21,125 19,132 18,154 19,517 19,043 18,073 18,914
  1995 21,444 20,230 20,013 21,011 24,045 27,956 26,315 22,339 24,856 25,107 24,143 26,281
  1996 25,783 24,250 22,649 22,434 23,028 15,764 23,859 23,538 21,908 23,059 22,836 23,008
  1997 24,556 21,816 22,643 21,622 21,728 18,500 22,961 20,576 20,898 20,085 19,095 21,872
  1998 8,754 7,632 7,875 8,107 9,112 7,932 9,683 9,543 9,300 8,627 7,971 8,482
  1999 10,645 9,233 9,297 9,769 10,487 9,045 9,196 8,425 9,455 8,931 7,519 8,281
  2000 6,987 9,132 6,725 8,616 7,049 7,413 10,021 6,841 7,242 7,821 6,903 6,482
  2001 9,285 6,979 7,675 8,736 8,523 7,797 7,775 8,596 8,218 8,053 7,803 7,472
  2002 8,557 7,298 8,483 7,703 8,425 8,007 8,219 9,026 7,863 7,592 8,225 9,781
  2003 8,748 7,713 9,114 8,731 8,978 8,384 7,431 8,030 7,947 7,977 7,353 7,706
  2004 7,759 7,030 7,921 8,001 7,371 8,062 8,474 7,971 8,037 8,800 9,015 7,970
  2005 11,040 8,965 9,417 8,671 10,253 10,384 10,437 10,049 9,728 10,197 9,510 10,445
  2006 9,851 9,479 10,389 10,366 10,459 11,433 11,821 9,951 11,080 12,225 11,291 11,124
  2007 11,165 10,473 12,849 12,923 12,070 12,445 13,195 12,145 11,480 11,034 11,794 11,883
  2008 12,599 13,663 13,094 12,626 12,449 13,391 14,161 14,281 14,736 15,794 14,402 15,712
  2009 14,361 12,991 14,202 13,960 14,649 14,293 13,793 13,776 12,392 13,082 14,465 13,396
  2010 13,091 12,082 13,244 15,194 14,222 13,060 13,969 15,026 13,151 13,474 14,122 15,292
  2011 21,936 20,393 14,315 13,497 15,913 15,925 16,786 15,806 16,586 21,650 17,885 18,745
  2012 16,162 16,603 17,388 18,334 17,488 18,832 21,235 17,412 17,840 18,179 15,870 17,503
  2013 20,803 21,092 21,217 20,483 22,324 20,903 23,186 23,442 21,702 21,689 21,781 21,769
  2014 24,969 24,634 24,807 23,614 26,126 25,208 25,005 26,048 24,072 22,330 23,795 23,307
  2015 27,532 21,994 24,856 24,770 26,874 25,425 27,051 27,021 22,169 20,269 19,237 22,345
  2016 22,548 18,824 20,912 19,009 18,764 19,331 21,890 19,023 17,090 18,567 16,554 17,899
  2017 22,945 17,139 17,297 17,705 19,369 22,521 19,979 22,704 26,151 24,438 20,707 24,533
  2018 29,102 21,938 24,565 28,437 31,713 31,973 52,888 53,278 35,198 59,189 42,651 59,670
  2019 45,547 38,326 41,945 58,755 44,779 52,394 48,589 48,221 43,360 41,527 40,075 35,962
  2020 38,116 36,708 39,367 27,537 22,813 24,499 29,359 25,144 24,174 25,572 23,122 22,863
  2021 22,550 26,137 23,179 23,631 24,926 24,947 26,956 26,834 20,316 21,877 22,361 24,061
  2022 25,362 20,851 22,278 22,018 22,147 21,690 24,402 22,093 20,273 22,934 23,292 23,543
  2023 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA


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