|  Definitions, Sources and Explanatory Notes |
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|  Category:   | Natural Gas Imports & Exports/Pipelines |
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|  Topic:      | U.S. Exports by Point of Exit           |
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|   Definitions |  |
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| Key Terms                   | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| Exports                     | Natural Gas deliveries out of the Continental United States and Alaska to foreign countries.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) | Natural gas (primarily methane)that has been liquefied by reducing its temperature to -260degrees Fahrenheit at atmospheric pressure.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Pipeline                    | A continuous pipe conduit, complete with such equipmentas valves, compressor stations, communications systems,and meters, for transporting natural and/or supplemental gasfrom one point to another, usually from a point in or beyond theproducing field or processing plant to another pipeline or topoints of use. Also refers to a company operating such facilities. |
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| For definitions of related energy terms, refer to the   EIA Energy Glossary. |
|  	Sources |
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|  | **1994 and earlier years:** EIA, Form FPC-14, "Annual Report for Importers and Exporters ofNatural Gas." **1995 to 1998:**"Quarterly Natural Gas Import and Export Sales and Price Report", and EIA estimates of dry natural gas imports.Estimated pipeline data are taken from data the National Energy Board of Canada plus EIAestimates.  **1999 to Current:** Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,Natural Gas Imports and Exports. |
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|  	Explanatory Notes |
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|  | Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.  
   Geographic coverage is the continental United State including Alaska.  
   The price of LNG exports to Japan is the "landed" price, defined as received at the    terminal in Japan.  
   EIA reduced the reported volume of gas imported by pipeline from Canada by the amount of natural gas liquids removed from the saturated natural gas carried by    Alliance Pipeline.  Alliance moves saturated natural gas from the border to a processing plant in Illinois.  After the adjustment, volumes of imported natural    gas on this pipeline are on the same physical basis as other reported volumes of pipeline imports.  
        Annual and final monthly data are published from the Office of Fossil Energy, 		U.S. Department of Energy, *Natural Gas Imports and Exports*, which requires data to be 		reported each quarter by month for the calendar year.  
        Preliminary monthly export data are based on historical data from the Office of Fossil 		Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, *Natural Gas Imports and Exports*; informal industry 		contacts, and information gathered from natural gas industry trade publications.   
        LNG prices are a volume-weighted average of the prices reported by cargo.  See the LNG Monthly from the Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, for more information on what is included in the individual LNG prices. |
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