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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 5.10 Natural Gas Plant Liquids Production, 1949-2011 (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Table 5.10  Natural Gas Plant Liquids Production, 1949-2011
                       (Thousand Barrels per Day)



Year
Finished
Petroleum
Products 1		 Liquefied Petroleum Gases

Pentanes
Plus 4


Total

Ethane 2
Isobutane		 Normal
Butane 3
Propane 2,3
Total
1949 53 8 11 61 74 155 223 430
1950 66 12 13 69 101 195 238 499
1951 73 15 15 77 125 232 256 561
1952 70 19 18 86 150 273 269 611
1953 71 17 19 97 169 301 282 654
1954 61 22 24 106 188 339 290 691
1955 68 34 30 120 205 390 313 771
1956 68 37 27 123 235 422 310 800
1957 63 33 30 132 239 434 311 808
1958 58 23 36 141 242 442 307 808
1959 54 46 43 159 265 514 312 879
1960 47 51 45 161 291 549 333 929
1961 43 61 53 164 315 593 355 991
1962 41 73 55 165 321 614 367 1,021
1963 47 78 61 175 358 672 380 1,098
1964 48 84 62 178 375 699 408 1,154
1965 41 92 67 185 390 734 434 1,210
1966 37 82 73 214 424 792 456 1,284
1967 29 101 80 232 482 895 486 1,409
1968 35 125 81 236 517 960 509 1,504
1969 27 173 74 248 543 1,037 526 1,590
1970 25 201 84 248 561 1,095 540 1,660
1971 25 221 88 249 586 1,144 523 1,693
1972 21 275 92 249 600 1,215 507 1,744
1973 16 296 92 249 587 1,225 497 1,738
1974 7 323 92 244 569 1,227 454 1,688
1975 7 337 90 237 552 1,217 409 1,633
1976 6 365 82 227 521 1,195 403 1,604
1977 5 397 81 223 513 1,214 399 1,618
1978 3 406 75 210 491 1,182 382 1,567
1979 26 400 104 212 500 1,216 342 1,584
1980 23 396 105 210 494 1,205 345 1,573
1981 18 397 117 224 519 1,256 334 1,609
1982 11 426 109 204 519 1,258 282 1,550
1983 12 456 100 217 541 1,314 233 1,559
1984 4 505 99 203 527 1,334 292 1,630
1985 14 493 127 171 521 1,313 282 1,609
1986 4 485 128 157 508 1,277 269 1,551
1987 4 499 141 157 503 1,300 291 1,595
1988 4 501 144 167 506 1,319 302 1,625
1989 NA 466 149 151 471 1,237 309 1,546
1990 NA 477 151 149 474 1,250 309 1,559
1991 NA 530 169 150 487 1,336 324 1,659
1992 NA 541 189 137 499 1,365 332 1,697
1993 NA 556 192 142 513 1,402 334 1,736
1994 NA 559 195 136 510 1,400 326 1,727
1995 NA 573 185 151 519 1,428 335 1,762
1996 NA 627 192 150 525 1,494 336 1,830
1997 NA 637 191 144 528 1,499 318 1,817
1998 NA 607 181 148 513 1,450 309 1,759
1999 NA 675 187 155 529 1,547 303 1,850
2000 NA 717 188 160 539 1,605 306 1,911
2001 NA 692 198 133 538 1,562 307 1,868
2002 NA 700 201 131 549 1,581 300 1,880
2003 NA 625 183 129 506 1,444 275 1,719
2004 NA 686 168 152 526 1,532 277 1,809
2005 NA 649 168 134 499 1,451 266 1,717
2006 NA 676 163 136 501 1,476 263 1,739
2007 NA 709 176 128 507 1,520 263 1,783
2008 NA 701 173 134 512 1,520 264 1,784
2009 NA 769 188 136 546 1,639 271 1,910
2010 NA R 869 R 187 R 155 R 586 R 1,797 R 277 R 2,074
2011P NA 909 208 152 618 1,888 295 2,183
1Motor gasoline, aviation gasoline, special naphthas, distillate fuel oil, and miscellaneous products. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  
2Reported production of ethane-propane mixtures has been allocated 70 percent ethane and 30
percent propane.		 Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
3Reported production of butane-propane mixtures has been allocated 60 percent butane and 40
percent propane.		 Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/.
4Through 1983, "Pentanes Plus" was reported separately as natural gasoline, isopentane, and plant
condensate.		 Sources:  ·  1949-1968—Bureau of Mines, Minerals Yearbook, "Crude Petroleum and Petroleum
Products" chapter.  ·  1969-1975—Bureau of Mines, Mineral Industry Surveys, Petroleum Statement,
Annual, annual reports.  ·  1976-1980—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Energy Data
Reports, Petroleum Statement, Annual, annual reports.  ·  1981-2010—EIA, Petroleum Supply Annual,
annual reports.  ·  2011—EIA, Petroleum Supply Monthly (February 2012).
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