Natural Gas Annual, 1988-1990 and 1992

Title: Natural gas annual [electronic resource]

• Distribution Media: 5 1/4" floppy diskettes
• SuDoc Number: E3.11/2-10:

Abstract: The Natural Gas Annual (NGA) data files contain the data that appear in the tables in the Energy Information Administration (EIA) Natural Gas Annual publications, 1988, vol.2, 1989, 1990 vol.1-2 and 1992 vol.1-2. To fully understand and utilize these data, it is recommended that the printed publication be used as a reference. Appendix A of the printed documentation provides detailed information on the data sources and collection methods.

Extent of Collection: The distribution media contained DOS ASCII text documentation files and DOS ASCII CSV data files. The UCSD 1988 Volume 2 distribution diskette was not readable. The files on this diskette were obtained from the Floppy Disk Project at Indiana University.

Data Conversion: Extraneous DOS ASCII characters were removed from the documentation and data files. The "fixed" documentation files were saved with .TXT file extensions. The "fixed" data files were renamed with .CSV file extensions. Three original diskette data files are corrupted. For more information about data conversion, see File Processing and Quality Control.

Minimum Software Requirements: (1) Software capable of reading ASCII text files. (2) Statistical software capable of importing ASCII CSV files.

• ASCII text - text files can be read by most file viewers and word processing software.
• ASCII data - text data files can be imported into most statistical and database software. Data values may or may not use separators. Common separators are commas (ASCII CSV), tabs or spaces.

Files: DOS ASCII files contain carriage return characters. ASCII files do not contain cariage return characters. For information about downloading these files, see Downloading Tips.

Original Diskette Files (Name-Type-Format)	Processed Files (Name-Type-Format)
README.DOC - 1988 vol.2 documentation - DOS ASCII	README.TXT - "fixed" 1988 vol.2 documentation - ASCII
[1988, VOL.2 DIRECTORY] *.PRN - 1988 vol.2 data files - DOS ASCII CSV	[1988, VOL.2 DIRECTORY] *.CSV - "fixed" 1988 vol.2 data files - ASCII CSV
README.DOC - 1989 documentation - DOS ASCII	README.TXT - "fixed" 1989 documentation - ASCII
[1989 DIRECTORY] *.PRN - 1989 data files - DOS ASCII CSV	[1989 DIRECTORY] *.CSV - "fixed" 1989 data files - ASCII CSV
README.DOC - 1990 vol.1 documentation - DOS ASCII	README.TXT - "fixed" 1990 vol.1 documentation - ASCII
[1990 VOL.1 DIRECTORY] *.PRN - 1990 vol.1 data files - DOS ASCII CSV	[1990 VOL.1 DIRECTORY] *.CSV - "fixed" 1990 vol.1 data files - ASCII CSV
README.DOC - 1990, vol.2 documentation - DOS ASCII	README.TXT - "fixed" 1990 vol.2 documentation - ASCII
[1990 VOL.2 DIRECTORY] *.PRN - 1990 vol.2 data files - DOS ASCII CSV	[1990 VOL.2 DIRECTORY] *.CSV - "fixed" 1990 vol.2 data files - ASCII CSV
READ.ME - 1992 vol.1 documentation - DOS ASCII	READ.TXT - "fixed" 1992 vol.1 documentation - ASCII
[1992 VOL.1 DIRECTORY] *.PRN - 1992 vol.1 data files - DOS ASCII CSV	[1992 VOL.1 DIRECTORY] *.CSV - "fixed" 1992 vol.1 data files - ASCII CSV
NTIS92H.DOC - 1992 vol.2 documentation - DOS ASCII	NTIS92H.TXT - "fixed" 1992 vol.2 documentation - ASCII
[1992 VOL.2 DIRECTORY] *.PRN - 1992 vol.2 data files - DOS ASCII CSV	[1992 VOL.2 DIRECTORY] *.CSV - "fixed" 1992 vol.2 data files - ASCII CSV

Related Publications:

• Natural Gas Annual Documentation (print) at UCSD
• Natural Gas Annual (print and microfiche) at UCSD
• Historical Natural Gas Annual 1930-2000 (PDF) at UCSD
• Natural Gas Annual (PDF) at DOE/EIA

Bibliographic Citation: U.S. Department of Energy. NATURAL GAS ANNUAL 1988-1990, 1992 [Computer file]. Washington, DC: Energy Information Administration, [producer], 1990-1994. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office [distributor], 1991-1994.