Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0175
Expiration Date: 12/31/2011

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC 20585

ANNUAL QUANTITY AND VALUE OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION REPORT
FORM EIA-895
INSTRUCTIONS
PURPOSE

SECURE FILE TRANSFER

Form EIA-895, “Annual Quantity and Value of Natural Gas Production
Report,” is designed to obtain monthly information on an annual basis
from the appropriate State agencies which collect data concerning
natural gas production. This form is designed to provide a standard
reporting system within the limits imposed by the diversity of the data
collection systems of the various producing States.

Forms may be submitted through the Secure File Transfer System. The
secure hypertext transfer protocol (HTTPS) is an industry standard
method to send information over the web using a secure, encrypted
process. All information is protected by 128-bit encryption to maintain
the privacy and confidentiality of transmitted data. The Secure File
Transfer System may be accessed through the following web address:
https://signon.eia.doe.gov/upload/noticeoog.jsp.

The data appear in the Energy Information Administration (EIA)
publications, Natural Gas Monthly, Natural Gas Annual, and Annual
Energy Review.

WHO IS REQUESTED TO REPORT
State agencies that collect data on the volume of natural gas production
in the State and the U.S. Minerals Management Service for the Outer
Continental Shelf are requested to submit Form EIA-895.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Please report all volumes in Thousand Cubic Feet (Mcf) at the State’s
standard pressure base and 60o Fahrenheit.
Report States that have both onshore and State offshore production are
requested to duplicate the annual report form and submit separate
sheets showing onshore volumes, offshore volumes, and total volumes.

WHEN TO REPORT
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
A State agency is requested to submit this form by the 90th day after
the end of the report year (March 31st). The Annual Schedules should
include any changes or updates in previously reported monthly data.
If final records are not available by the due date, please report your best
estimate and file a revision only if the final data are significantly
different from the estimate (plus or minus 4 percent).

PART 1: RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION DATA
Please provide up-to-date company information.
State Name: Enter the name of the state for which you are reporting.

HOW TO REPORT

Resubmission: Check the box if report is a revised report. Otherwise,
if the report is an original, leave this space blank.

Instructions on where to report via mail, fax, secure file transfer, or
email are printed on Part 2 of Form EIA-895.

Note: If data are reported from a source outside your agency, please
indicate in the Comments section at the bottom of the form.

COPIES OF THE SURVEY FORM AND
INSTRUCTIONS

Contact Information: Enter the current contact information.

Copies in portable document format (PDF) and spreadsheet format
(XLS) are available on EIA's website at:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/survey_forms/nat_survey_f
orms.html
You can also access the materials by following these steps:
• Go to EIA's website at www.eia.doe.gov
• Click on the Natural Gas category (yhis takes you to EIA's natural
gas information page).
• Click on the Survey Forms link located in the reference box in the
lower right corner.
• Select the materials you want.

PART 2: SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Provides information for the four options available for submitting your
completed Form EIA-895: (1) mail; (2) fax; (3) email; and (4) Secure
File Transfer.
PART 3: GROSS
PRODUCTION

WITHDRAWALS

AND

MARKETED

All information requested in this part of the form should be reported at
the end of each calendar year
Information should be provided for your field/s as defined below in the
definitions. Report all volumes in Thousand Cubic Feet (Mcf).

Files must be saved to your personal computer. Data cannot be entered
interactively on the website.

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PART 4:
VALUE AND QUANTITY OF MARKETED
PRODUCTION
All information requested in this part of the form should be reported at
the end of each calendar year.
Information should be provided as defined below in the definitions.
Report all volumes in Thousand Cubic Feet (Mcf).

DEFINITIONS
Coalbed Methane Well Gas: Methane produced by wells which are
opened to coal seams. Coalbed methane is formed during coalification,
which is the process that transforms plant material into coal.
Gas and Condensate Well Gas: Volumes of natural gas after the
removal of the lease condensate and produced from wells categorized
by the State as natural gas wells.
Gross Withdrawals: Full well stream volume, including all natural gas
plant liquid and nonhydrocarbon gases, but excluding lease condensate.
Also includes amounts delivered as royalty payments or consumed in
field operations.
Lease Condensate: A mixture consisting primarily of pentanes and
heavier hydrocarbons which is recovered as a liquid from natural gas in
lease or field separation facilities. This category excludes natural gas
plant liquids, such as butane and propane, which are recovered at
downstream natural gas processing plants or facilities.
Lease Fuel: Natural gas used in well, field, and lease operations, such
as gas used in drilling operations, heaters, dehydrators, and field
compressors.
Marketed Production: Gross withdrawals less gas used for
repressuring/reinjection, quantities vented and flared, and
nonhydrocarbon gases removed in treating or processing operations.
All quantities of gas used in processing plant operations are included.
Natural Gas: A mixture of hydrocarbon compounds and small
quantities of various nonhydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or
in solution with crude oil in porous rock formations at reservoir
conditions. The principal hydrocarbon normally contained in the
mixture is methane. Under reservoir conditions, natural gas and its
associated liquefiable portions occur either in a single gaseous phase in
the reservoir or in solution with crude oil and are not distinguishable at
the time as separate substances.
Natural Gas Used for Reinjection: The forcing of gas under pressure
into an oil reservoir in an attempt to increase recovery.
Natural Gas Used for Repressuring: The injection of gas into oil and
gas formations to effect greater ultimate recovery.
Nonhydrocarbon Gases: Typical nonhydrocarbon gases that may be
present in reservoir natural gas are water vapor, carbon dioxide,
hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, and helium.
Oil Well Gas: Natural gas produced along with crude oil, from wells
categorized by the State as oil wells. It contains either dissolved gas or
associated gas, or both.
Quantity of Production (Value Based): The value-based quantity of
production is that volume of hydrocarbons associated with the reported
value of production.
Shale Gas: Methane and other gases produced from wells that are open
to shale or similar fine grained rocks. Shale gas is generated from
organic matter present within the shale reservoir.

Value of Production: This is an aggregate measure of the value of
natural gas close to the wellhead. In many cases this value is the
equivalent of natural gas revenue received in the first transaction after
production. The value of production should include charges for natural
gas plant liquids subsequently removed from gas, charges for gathering
and compressing, and State taxes such as production, severance or
similar taxes.
Vented/Flared: Gas that is disposed of by releasing (venting) or
burning (flaring).

JUSTIFICATION
The Energy Information Administration is conducting this voluntary
survey under the general information gathering provisions provided in
the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, P.L. 93-275. Since
most States have data collection systems which require mandatory
reporting by all oil and gas well operators, the EIA, to avoid
duplication of effort and unnecessary respondent burden, will collect
data aggregated by the States. This should not be interpreted in any way
as an attempt by EIA to require any State to modify its current data
reporting requirements.

PROVISIONS FOR
INFORMATION

CONFIDENTIALITY

OF

The information reported on Form EIA-895 will be protected and not
disclosed to the public to the extent that it satisfies the criteria for
exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. §552,
the Department of Energy (DOE) regulations, 10 C.F.R. §1004.11,
implementing the FOIA, and the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. §1905.
The Federal Energy Administration Act requires the EIA to provide
company-specific data to other Federal agencies when requested for
official use. The information reported on this form may also be made
available, upon request, to another DOE component; to any Committee of
Congress, the Government Accountability Office, or other Federal
agencies authorized by law to receive such information. A court of
competent jurisdiction may obtain this information in response to an
order. The information may be used for any nonstatistical purposes such
as administrative, regulatory, law enforcement, or adjudicatory purposes.
Disclosure limitation procedures are not applied to the statistical data
published from this survey's information. Thus, there may be some
statistics that are based on data from fewer than three respondents, or
that are dominated by data from one or two large respondents. In these
cases, it may be possible for a knowledgeable person to estimate the
information reported by a specific respondent.

SANCTIONS
This report is collected under Public Law 93-275, Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974. Your voluntary cooperation and response
are urgently needed to provide comprehensive, accurate, and timely
energy information.

FILING FORMS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND ESTIMATED REPORTING BURDEN
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated
to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining
the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to: Energy Information Administration, Statistics
and Methods Group, EI-70, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington DC 20585; and to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington
DC 20503.

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