Table 1 below shows some natural gas pipeline data for the
northeast (NE) region of the United States (US), along with demographic and
geographic data. Table 2 shows such data
for the European Union (EU). The US
natural gas data was obtained from the US Department of Energy’s Energy
Information Administration (EIA) website.
Click here to go an EIA page that provides natural gas pipeline mileage
data and click here to go to an EIA site from which natural gas consumption by
state data can be found.
The EU natural gas pipeline and consumption data were
obtained from data provided by Eurogas, an association representing the
European natural gas industry. Click
here and here for data on EU natural gas pipeline length and on EU natural gas consumption
data.
What I think makes this data useful in comparing natural gas
usage between the US’s NE region (those states in Table 1) and the EU is the closeness
of the population densities for each area (309 people per square mile for the
NE region; 304 for the EU). This being
the case, I assume some value in natural gas pipeline delivery and consumption
comparisons between the two areas.
The Tables suggest to me that natural gas pipeline delivery
and consumption in the US NE region is much different than in the EU, even
though the population densities are very close.
Natural gas consumption per person in the NE region is much greater than
in the EU (74,700 cubic feet per person versus 29,632 cubic feet per person).
Also interesting is that far less pipeline appears to be
used in the NE region; even as the amount of per person gas consumption is much
higher. For example, in the NE region 0.10
miles of pipeline per square mile is present versus 0.80 miles per square mile
in the EU. Many more persons per
pipeline mile are in the NE region (3,132) than in the EU (382). This pipeline difference would seem to
suggest that pipeline use in the NE region is more efficient and productive
than in the EU.
Table
1 NE region USA
|
pop. million
|
area square miles
|
pop. density person
per square mile
|
miles of natural gas
pipeline
|
natural gas consumpt.
billion cu ft
|
natural gas cu ft used
per person
|
natural gas cu ft used
per square mile
|
miles natural gas
pipeline per square mile
|
persons per mile
pipeline
|
CT
|
3.60
|
5,500
|
655
|
628
|
235.9
|
65,528
|
42.9 M
|
0.11
|
5732
|
MA
|
6.70
|
10,600
|
632
|
972
|
420.2
|
62,716
|
39.6 M
|
0.09
|
6893
|
ME
|
1.30
|
35,200
|
37
|
609
|
60.7
|
46,692
|
1.7 M
|
0.02
|
2,135
|
NH
|
1.30
|
9,300
|
140
|
291
|
57.0
|
43,846
|
6.1 M
|
0.03
|
4,467
|
NJ
|
8.90
|
8,700
|
1,023
|
1,520
|
766.4
|
86,112
|
88.1 M
|
0.17
|
5,855
|
NY
|
19.70
|
54,600
|
361
|
5,018
|
1,344.9
|
68,269
|
24.6 M
|
0.09
|
3,926
|
PA
|
12.80
|
46,100
|
278
|
8,680
|
1,200.7
|
93,805
|
26.0 M
|
0.19
|
1,475
|
RI
|
1.10
|
1,500
|
733
|
100
|
88.7
|
80,636
|
59.1 M
|
0.07
|
11,000
|
VT
|
0.63
|
9,600
|
65
|
71
|
10.7
|
17,065
|
1.1 M
|
0.01
|
8,831
|
region's
total
|
56.03
|
181,100
|
17,889
|
4,185.2
|
|||||
region's
amount
|
309
|
74,700
|
23.1 M
|
0.10
|
3,132
|
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Table
2
|
pop. million
|
area square miles
million
|
pop. density person
per square mile
|
miles of natural gas
pipeline million
|
natural gas consumpt.
billion cu ft
|
natural gas cu ft used
per person
|
natural gas cu ft used
per square mile
|
miles natural gas
pipeline per square mile
|
persons per mile
pipeline
|
EU
|
508
|
1.67
|
304
|
1.329
|
15,053
|
29,632
|
9 M
|
0.80
|
382
|
