Natural Gas: Prices
US dollars per million Btu
	LNG		Natural gas			Crude oil
	Japan	European	UK	US	Canada	OECD
	cif	Union cif	(Heren NBP Index) †	Henry Hub ‡	(Alberta) ‡	countries cif
1984	-	3.76	-	-	-	5.00
1985	5.23	3.83	-	-	-	4.75
1986	4.10	3.65	-	-	-	2.57
1987	3.35	2.59	-	-	-	3.09
1988	3.34	2.36	-	-	-	2.56
1989	3.28	2.09	-	1.70	-	3.01
1990	3.64	2.82	-	1.64	1.05	3.82
1991	3.99	3.18	-	1.49	0.89	3.33
1992	3.62	2.76	-	1.77	0.98	3.19
1993	3.52	2.53	-	2.12	1.69	2.82
1994	3.18	2.24	-	1.92	1.45	2.70
1995	3.46	2.37	-	1.69	0.89	2.96
1996	3.66	2.43	1.87	2.76	1.12	3.54
1997	3.91	2.65	1.96	2.53	1.36	3.29
1998	3.05	2.26	1.86	2.08	1.42	2.16
1999	3.14	1.80	1.58	2.27	2.00	2.98
2000	4.72	3.25	2.71	4.23	3.75	4.83
2001	4.64	4.15	3.17	4.07	3.61	4.08
2002	4.27	3.46	2.37	3.33	2.57	4.17
2003	4.77	4.40	3.33	5.63	4.83	4.89
2004	5.18	4.56	4.46	5.85	5.03	6.27
2005	6.05	5.95	7.38	8.79	7.25	8.74
2006	7.14	8.69	7.87	6.76	5.83	10.66
2007	7.73	8.93	6.01	6.95	6.17	11.95
2008	12.55	12.61	10.79	8.85	7.99	16.76
† Price is for NBP Day-Ahead Index.  Source: ICIS Heren Energy Ltd.
‡ Source: Natural Gas Week.
Note: Btu= British thermal units; cif = cost+insurance+freight (average prices).