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Natural Gas Production in Nebraska

Natural gas production for 2022 was 320.3 million (0.32 billion) cubic feet, which was a decrease of 0.2 percent from the 2021 production of 326.8 million (0.33 billion) cubic feet. The record high was in the year 1960 when 28.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas was produced. Natural gas production for 2008 was 3.1 billion cubic feet, nearly double the production (98 percent) from 2007 when production was 1.6 billion cubic feet. The increase in 2008 was due to high natural gas prices. More information can be found in the report Natural Gas Production by County.

In 2021, Nebraskans consumed 180.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Consumption is not available for more recent years. Nebraska's natural gas production in 2021 was 326.8 million (0.33 billion) cubic feet which represented only 0.18 percent of the natural gas consumed in the state.

Nebraska's Natural Gas Production 1950-2022 Graph

 

Nebraska's Natural Gas Production 1950 – 2022

(Thousand Cubic Feet)

YearCubic
Feet		 YearCubic
Feet		 YearCubic
Feet		 YearCubic
Feet		 YearCubic
Feet		 YearCubic
Feet		 YearCubic
Feet		 YearCubic
Feet
19501,881 196028,189,817 19706,184,845 19802,500,276 1990793,142 20001,218,420 20102,253,556 2020348,112
19513,678,600 196116,385,851 19714,955,127 19812,712,781 1991783,503 20011,209,030 20111,979,849 2021326,788
19525,232,091 196214,644,383 19724,646,995 19822,279,799 19921,176,501 20021,192,599 20121,288,929 2022320,288
19536,467,053 196312,909,175 19734,579,029 19832,091,328 19932,114,246 20031,470,788 2013949,694 2023NA
19546,328,683 19649,303,924 19744,583,565 19842,300,268 19942,898,337 20041,498,780 2014401,576 2024NA
195510,264,632 196511,790,398 19753,884,635 19851,944,569 19952,239,897 20051,200,925 2015476,175 2025NA
195614,543,124 196611,097,418 19765,200,371 19861,403,485 19961,875,997 20061,217,450 2016526,420 2026NA
195715,041,526 19679,884,224 19772,796,144 19871,260,540 19971,669,685 20071,559,564 2017454,721 2027NA
195826,609,513 19689,146,108 19782,882,045 1988910,468 19981,694,625 20083,083,488 2018431,470 2028NA
195918,243,908 19697,240,347 19793,224,877 1989878,517 19991,396,844 20092,916,387 2019381,674 2029NA


Sources: "Nebraska Oil Activity Summary." Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Sidney, NE. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.