LOUISIANA ESTIMATED DRY NATURAL GAS PROVED RESERVES9
As of December 31st of Each Year
(Billion Cubic Feet, at 14.73 psia and 60 degrees Fahrenheit)
        
South South Federal Total TOTAL
 YEAR  North Onshore Offshore OCS Louisiana US
1960 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    63,042 262,326
1961 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    65,670 266,274
1962 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    71,544 272,279
1963 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    75,365 276,151
1964 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    79,076 281,251
1965 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    82,811 286,469
1966 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    83,684 289,333
1967 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    86,290 292,908
1968 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    88,015 287,350
1969 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    85,057 275,109
1970 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    82,957 290,746
1971 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    78,625 278,806
1972 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    74,971 266,085
1973 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    69,152 249,950
1974 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    64,052 237,132
1975 N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A    61,309 228,200
1976 3,150 20,426 35,979 b 59,553 213,278
1977 3,135 18,580 35,295 b 57,010 207,413
1978 3,203 17,755 34,767 b 55,725 208,033
1979 2,798 13,994 33,250 b 50,042 200,997
1980 3,076 13,026 31,223 b 47,325 199,021
1981 3,270 12,645 31,462 b 47,377 201,730
1982 2,919 11,801 30,203 c b 44,923 c 201,512
1983 2,939 11,142 28,480 c b 42,561 c 200,247
1984 2,494 10,331 28,574 c b 41,399 c 197,463
1985 2,587 9,808 1,643 26,113 c 40,151 c 193,369
1986 2,515 9,103 1,312 25,454 c 38,384 c 191,586
1987 2,306 8,693 1,431 23,260 c 35,690 c 187,211
1988 2,398 8,654 1,172 23,471 c 35,695 c 168,024
1989 2,652 8,645 1,219 24,187 c 36,703 c 167,116
1990 2,588 8,171 969 22,679 c 34,407 c 169,346
1991 2,384 7,504 1,024 21,611 c 32,523 c 167,062
1992 2,311 6,693 776 19,653 c 29,433 c 165,015
1993 2,325 5,932 917 19,383 c 28,557 c 162,415
1994 2,537 6,251 960 20,835 c 30,583 c 163,837
1995   2,788 5,648 838 21,392 c 30,666 c 165,146
1996   3,105 5,704 734 21,856 c 31,399 c 166,474
1997 3,093 5,855 725 21,934 c 31,607 c 167,223
1998 2,898 5,698 551 20,774 c 29,921 c 164,041
1999 3,079 5,535 628 19,598 c 28,840 c 167,406
2000 3,298 5,245 696 19,788 c 29,027 c 177,427
2001 3,881 5,185 745 19,721 c 29,532 c 183,460
2002 4,245 4,224 491 18,500 c 27,460 c 186,946
2003 5,074 3,746 506 16,728 c 26,054 c 189,044
2004 5,770 3,436 382 14,685 c 24,273 c 192,513
2005 6,695 3,334 418 13,665 c 24,112 c 204,385
2006 6,715 3,335 424 11,824 c 22,298 c 211,085
2007 6,344 3,323 378 11,090 c 21,135 c 237,726
2008 7,876 2,799 898 10,450 c 22,023 c 244,656
2009 17,146 2,844 701 9,362 c 30,053 c 272,509
2010 26,030 2,876 371 8,896 c 38,173 c 304,625
2011 27,337 2,519 502 8,156 c 38,514 c 334,067
2012 18,418 3,029 502 7,291 c 29,240 c 308,036
2013 17,044 2,718 402 6,482 c 26,646 c 328,264
2014 19,722 2,926 327 6,890 c 29,865 c 368,704
2015 13,593 2,279 225 5,909 c 22,006 c 307,730
b Included in South Louisiana Offshore
C Includes Federal Offshore Alabama
  Page revised 20-Oct-17  - data available through Dec 28, 2016
Data source;  US Dept. of Energy - EIA