Gas Facts: 2021 in Review

Supply

• Estimated working gas capacity in underground storage was 4,595 Bcf, with a total deliverability of 115,240 MMcf per day.

• The United States imported 2.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in 2021, primarily from Canada.

• The United States exported 6.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in 2021, primarily to Mexico and Canada.

Delivery

• The U.S. natural gas industry had 2.62 million miles of pipeline — including distribution, services, transmission, and gathering lines — in place in 2021.

Sales

• Gas utility sales increased 7.2 percent in 2021 to 7,883 trillion Btu.

• Residential sales increased 7.5 percent from 2020 levels.

• Commercial sales increased 13.6 percent.

• Industrial sales increased 8.8 percent.

Prices

• The average retail natural gas price increased 28.4 percent in 2021 compared to 2020.

• The average residential price increased 17.8 percent.

• Average commercial prices increased 22.0 percent.

• Average industrial prices increased 71.9 percent.

See more data below:

• Table 1-1: Gas Utility Industry Sales Customers, Sales Volumes, Revenues and Prices by Class of Service (2020 and 2021)