Analysis of Strategies for Reducing Multiple Emissions from Electric Power Plants: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Dioxide, and Mercury and a Renewable Portfolio Standard - Table 23. Projections for Natural Gas Wells Drilled and Cumulative Production in Two Integrated Cases, 2010 and 2020

Table 23. Projections for Natural Gas Wells Drilled and Cumulative Production
in Two Integrated Cases, 2010 and 2020

Projection	Reference Case	Integrated NO_x, S0₂, CO₂ 1990-7%, Hg Case	Integrated All CO₂ 1990-7% Case
2010
Thousand Natural Gas Wells Drilled	29.9	34.4	30.8
Cumulative Natural Gas Production, 2000-2010 (Trillion Cubic Feet)	236.1	240.7	238.4
2020
Thousand Natural Gas Wells Drilled	39.4	46.3	34.3
Cumulative Natural Gas Production, 2000-2020 (Trillion Cubic Feet)	504.1	519.8	506.6
Source: National Energy Modeling System, runs M2BASE.D060801A, M2P7B08.D060801A and M2P7B08R_X.D070601A.