NATURAL GAS
1121

Natural gas produced and consumed in the United States in 1940, by States
State
Produced and delivered to consumers, including
deliveries in other States





Consumed, including receipts from
other States




' ~uantit
~
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Estimated value at wells
— Aver-
age
Total ~blc
feet
(cents)

Value at points of
consumption

uan ~
— Per-
M cubic cent eet ~
o a

Value at points of consumption

— Aver-
age
Total ~ibIc
feet
(cents)


Meubic
Per-
cent
total


Total
,
Average
~b1c feet
(cents)




Ala
Aria
Ark   
Ca1IL
Colo -
D. C
Pla
Ga
Ill    
bid   
Iowa
Kans~
 
La   
Md
Mlch......
Mlnn
Mlss~.
Mo   
Mont.~
Nebr....
N. Mex
N. ~
N.Dak
Ohio......
Okla_~
Pa   
8. Dak....
Tenn~..
Tex   
Utah~
Va    
Wash..~
W.Va......
Wyo....
Total:
1940
1939.
14,379,000
351,950,000
2,533,000
   
   
   
8,359,000
1,137,000
   
90,003,000
53,056,000
343,191,000
   
12,648,000
   
6,365,000
310,000
26,231,000
   
263,990,000
3 12,187,000
   
40,639,000
257,626,000
490,725,000
9,000
9,000
' 1,063,538,000
5, 124~000
80,000
36,000
188,751,000
27,346,000
0.5
13.2
.1


.3
.1

3.4
2.0
12.9

.5

.2
(1)
1.0

2.4
.5

1.5
9.7
3.4
(1)
(1)
40.0
.2
(1)
(1)
7.1
1.0
$510, 000
19,604,000
100,000


228,000
154,000

3,537,000
6,903,000
10,968,000

1,561,000

294,000
41,000
1,178,000
 
985,000
2,280,000

6,803,000
3,813,090
18,009,090
600
1,000
19,356,000
176,400
8,000
3,000
23,179,000
801,000
3.5
5.6
3.9
 
 
 
2.7
13.5
 
3.9
13.0
3.2
 
12.3
 
4.6
13.2
4.5

1.5
18.7
     
16.7
1.5
19.9
6.7
11.1
1.8
3.4
10.0
& 3
12.3
2.9
$2, 622,000
90,006,000
573,000


1,557,000
661,000

31,931,000
22,936,000
63,577,000

8,339,000

1,687,000
166,000
7,132,000
 
10,317,000
8,246 000

20,850,000
31,603,000
41,733,000
3,000
3,000
151,580 000
1,063,000
81 000
37,000
76,065,000
5,221,000
18.2
25.6
22.6
 
 
 
18.6
58. 1
 
35. 5
43.2
18.5
 
65.9
 
25.7
53.5
27.2

16. 1
67.7

51.3
12.3
46.0
33.3
33.3
14.3
20.7
101.3
102.8
40.3
19.1
23,461,uu0
18,002,000
39,719,000
351,950,000
22,111,000
4,686,000
1,481,000
20,551,000
88,088,000
29,214,000
23,460,000
96,772,000
18,881,000
185,089,000
5,855,000
32,790,000
19,904,000
17,657,000
53,141,000
22,328,000
20,087,000
40,198,000
27,250,000
1,725,000
129,856,000
230,806,000
121,230,000
6, 4~4, 000
16.819,000
874,294,000
14,80Z 000
963,000
36.000
77,540,000
17,459,000
0.9
.7
1.5
13.3
.8
.2
.1
.8
3.3
1.1
.9
3.6
.7
7.0
.2
1.2
.7
.7
2.0
.8
.8
1.5
1.0
.1
4.9
8.7
4.6
.2
.6
32.9
6
(1)
(1)
2.9
.7
$5,794,000
5,253,000
7,244,000
90,006,000
7,995,000
3,262,000
449,000
7,867,000
40,232,000
10,059,000
8,611,000
21,057,000
8,433,000
22,759,000
2,108,000
28,247,000
8,276,000
5,101,000
20,197,000
5,572,000
7,330,000
4,633,000
18,958,000
664,000
66,707,500
22,295,500
50,456,000
2,210,000
5,425,000
63,544,000
3,079,000
900,000
37,000
19,388,000
2,855,000
24.7
29.2
18.2
25.6
36.2
69.6
30.3
38.3
45.7
34.4
36.7
2L 8
44.7
12.3
36.0
86.1
4L6
28.9
38.0
25.0
36.5
11.5
69.6
38.5
51.4
9.7
4L 6
34.2
32.3
7.3
20.8
93.5
102.8
25.0
16.4

2,660,222,000
2,476,756,000
100.0
100.0
120,493,000
120,243,000
4.5
4.9
577,939,000
534,24.0,000
21.7
21.6
2,654,659,000
2,473,765,000
100.0
100.0
577,004,000
533,721,000
21.7
21.6
1Less than 0.05 percent.
' Includes 685,000 N cubic feet piped to Mexico.
' Includes 54,000 N cubic feet piped to Canada. 4lncludes 36,000 N cubic
feet piped to Canada.
' Includes 4,788,000 N cubic feet piped to Mexico.


WELLS

 Reported completions (2,911) of gas wells in 1941 were 22 percent larger
than the 1940 total and exceeded the number reported in the previous peak
years of 1937 and 1929. Operators throughout the Appalachian region stepped
up their drilling sharply as actual and prospective requirements threatened
to tax all developed producmg capacity. The increase in Appalachian completions
approximated that of the entire country, as minor gains and losses in other
districts about balanced each other.
 The total number of producing gas wells on December 31, 1940, increased
slightly over that on the corresponding date in 1939 to 53,880.. Indicated
abandonments of gas wells in 1940 were 2,032 a reduction