I hear a lot about crude oil production on the West Coast, both offshore and onshore. But I don’t hear much about natural gas production. How much natural gas is produced on the West Coast and where does it come from?
Natural gas is an increasingly important source of energy and a great deal of it comes from the very same wells that produce crude oil. In 2007, according to the California Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources, 312 billion cubic feel of natural gas was produced in California and 219 billion cubic feet, or 70 percent, came from wells that also produce crude oil.
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- 21 million gallons – Amount of diesel fuel consumed every day in the western US (excluding Alaska)
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