Natural Gas Prices for Industry1

(U.S. Dollars per 107 Kilocalories2 - Gross Calorific Value)

 
Country 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
OECD3 131.4 130.1 143.6 147.8 133.5 129.5 168.3 185.9 n.a.
OECD Europe4 150.9 166.4 164.2 159.9 150.5 134.6 157.4 n.a. n.a.
Argentina n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 123.85 43.09
Australia 127.2 132.4 144.9 135.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Austria 151.9 171.8 172.0 164.5 154.7 144.7 n.a. n.a. n.a.
Barbados n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 703.12 703.12
Belgium 124.4 141.6 132.6 131.4 c c c c c
Bolivia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 46.27 n.a.
Brazil 239.30 142.96 132.26 123.29 114.48 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Canada 78.5 69.8 71.1 72.5 70.6 79.4 89.8 108.8 125.3
Chile n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 185.42 184.08
China n.a. n.a. n.a. 22.57 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 282.16 291.81 281.60 307.46 264.54 248.30 297.81 288.63 271.65
Cuba n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 132.53 n.a.
Czech Republic 137.2 157.5 164.1 152.2 159.8 142.8 147.6 155.9 173.6
Denmark c c c c c c c c c
Finland 107.5 146.0 148.8 143.7 138.5 128.1 130.7 126.0 126.9
France 141.8 161.0 161.9 157.1 145.5 135.4 167.8 187.1 171.9
Germany 184.7 207.0 201.7 189.8 177.7 161.6 187.9 n.a. n.a.
Greece x x x 184.4 152.4 160.7 216.1 205.2 n.a.
Hungary 111.9 105.6 105.8 145.0 144.8 134.9 124.9 158.5 188.7
Indonesia 40.55 40.73 40.37 63.42 31.80 35.87 44.90 n.a. n.a.
Ireland 296.7 318.0 317.6 300.6 171.5 164.9 114.2 143.5 183.8
Italy 157.5 173.7 197.9 191.9 171.3 c c c c
Japan 466.2 490.4 423.1 463.3 356.0 385.8 452.7 406.4 n.a.
Kazakhstan n.a. n.a. 45.20 38.52 34.90 24.82 26.59 29.75 n.a.
Mexico 79.7 61.6 89.3 99.3 81.4 88.3 150.0 163.4 n.a.
Netherlands 125.9 158.8 153.0 142.8 132.9 116.8 166.5 175.6 168.7
New Zealand 180.4 203.0 217.2 222.0 209.3 217.4 176.2 162.7 187.4
Poland 115.4 129.7 138.4 130.6 132.0 121.8 133.0 173.3 173.1
Portugal x x x n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 248.0
Romania n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 64.92 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Russia 24.05 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) 113.7 127.7 124.4 118.6 124.7 106.8 101.8 106.6 132.9
South Africa 140.43 142.56 131.11 136.38 152.86 182.89 237.06 212.85 n.a.
Spain 135.6 159.1 168.8 155.8 137.8 131.5 175.4 176.0 165.5
Switzerland 267.7 296.9 272.8 237.5 238.8 215.0 222.9 296.4 281.1
Thailand n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 83.42 82.51 108.70 n.a. n.a.
Trinidad and Tobago n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Turkey 140.6 157.6 187.8 199.3 172.3 162.3 175.2 200.1 215.4
United Kingdom 141.6 127.1 92.0 101.8 108.7 102.9 104.6 140.4 141.7
United States 113.8 100.8 129.2 136.2 119.0 118.7 171.0 197.0 154.2
Venezuela 29.95 8.00 3.39 7.07 20.64 27.84 25.63 n.a. n.a.

1 Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates.

2 To convert U.S. dollars per 107 kilocalories to U.S. dollars per million British Thermal Units (Btu) multiply by 0.0252.

3 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

4 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Europe.

n.a.=Not available.

c=Confidential.

n.a.=Not applicable.

Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, Third Quarter 2003, Part II, Section D, Table 13, and Part III, Section B, Table 12, Paris: International Energy Agency, 2003. The Paris-based International Energy Agency maintains annual and quarterly time series of this price data that begin with the year 1978 and that also include the most recent quarterly prices. Information on purchasing this data is available at: www.iea.org/stats/files/prices.htm

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