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Natural Gas Annual 2023

Note: Normally, we revise the prior two years of monthly data in the Natural Gas Monthly after we publish the Natural Gas Annual (NGA). We have not yet applied these annual adjustments to the 2022 and 2023 data in the September 2024 Natural Gas Monthly publication. We also have not yet updated the annual 2023 consumption and price data in Navigator to match the NGA. We are delaying the release of 2023 data in the Natural Gas Annual Respondent Query System.

• U.S. dry natural gas production increased year over year in 2023 for the third consecutive year, according to the 2023 Natural Gas Annual. Dry natural gas production was the highest for any year on record, dating back to 1930. Natural gas consumption also increased year over year in 2023.
• Domestic dry natural gas production in 2023 totaled 37.8 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), or 103.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), which is 4.3% higher than the 2022 level of 99.3 Bcf/d.
  
  • Texas had the largest volumetric increase in annual dry natural gas production, rising from 24.9 Bcf/d in 2022 to 26.7 Bcf/d in 2023, an increase of 7.4%.
  • New Mexico had the second-largest increase in production, rising from 6.9 Bcf/d in 2022 to 7.9 Bcf/d in 2023, an increase of 15.3%.
  • Ohio had the largest decrease in production, falling from 6.1 Bcf/d in 2022 to 5.9 Bcf/d in 2023, a decrease of 3.0%.
• Deliveries of natural gas to consumers per day increased in 2023. Deliveries of natural gas totaled 29.4 Tcf, or 80.6 Bcf/d, an increase of 0.9% from 79.9 Bcf/d in 2022. Deliveries of natural gas increased in two sectors and decreased in the other two sectors in 2023.
  
  • Deliveries to residential consumers decreased 8.9% between 2022 and 2023 to 12.39 Bcf/d. Residential deliveries were the lowest for any year since 2017.
  • Deliveries to commercial consumers decreased 4.8% to 9.15 Bcf/d.
  • Deliveries to industrial consumers increased 0.3% to 23.43 Bcf/d. Industrial deliveries were the highest for any year since we began using the current methodology for tracking consumption in 1997.
  • Deliveries to the electric power sector increased 6.9% to 35.43 Bcf/d. Electric power deliveries were the highest for any year since we began using the current methodology for tracking consumption in 1997.
• For the seventh consecutive year, the United States was a natural gas net exporter (exports minus imports) in 2023, exporting 4,681 Bcf (12.8 Bcf/d) more natural gas than it imported for the year.
  
  • U.S. natural gas imports decreased year over year in 2023. Total imports of natural gas in 2023 were 2,928 Bcf (8.0 Bcf/d), a decrease of 3.2% from 3,024 Bcf (8.3 Bcf/d) in 2022.
  • Exports of natural gas increased year over year for the ninth consecutive year. Total exports of natural gas in 2023 were 7,610 Bcf (20.8 Bcf/d), an increase of 10.2% from 6,906 Bcf (18.9 Bcf/d) in 2022. Total exports for 2023 were the highest of any year on record, dating back to 1973. The United States exported natural gas to 42 countries in 2023.
   

  Sections

  • Full Report
  • Respondent/Company Level Natural Gas Data Files
  • Appendices
  A   Summary of Data Collection Operations and Report Methodology
  B   Metric and Thermal Conversion Tables
  • Appendix Tables
  A1   Natural Gas Unaccounted for by State, 2023
  B1   Summary Statistics for Natural Gas in the United States, Metric Equivalents, 2019-2023
  B2   Thermal Conversion Factors and Data, 2019-2023        
  • Glossary

  Respondent/Company Level Natural Gas Data Files

  • Annual Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply and Disposition Company level data (1997 to 2022) as reported on Form EIA-176 and detailed annual data (2005 to 2022) of storage field capacity, field type, and maximum deliverability as of December 31st of the report year, as reported by operators of all U.S. underground natural gas storage fields are provided in the Natural Gas Annual Respondent Query System.