US natural gas proved reserves reach 30-year high in 2006

摘要

US natural gas proved reserves increased 3% in 2006,rising to over 211-tcf(trillion cubic feet),the highest level since 1976,according to estimates released recently by the Energy Information Administration of the US Department of Energy.Additions to reserves replaced 136% of the dry natural gas produced in 2006,This was the eighth year in a row that US natural gas proved reserves have increased.