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Data: Louisiana Natural Gas Severance Index

Monthly Index: Beginning with the October 2002 prices, the official source for the monthly index price is the NYMEX futures settled price of the Henry Hub on the last day of trading for the next month's contract, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
The previous official source was the Survey of Domestic Spot Market, as published by Dynergy, Inc., and earlier published by the Natural Gas Clearing House.

Base Year: The gas severance tax is indexed with a seven cents floor. The base year was from April 1989 through March 1990 which set the base price at $1.7446/MMBTU and a base severance tax rate of $ 0.07/MCF.

Current Severance Tax Rate: $0.164/MCF (1 July 2010 through 30 June 2011), measured at a base pressure of 15.025 pounds per square inch absolute and at a temperature base of 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Monthly Index Price
Date Index
($/MMBTU)
Apr 2010 3.842
May 2010 4.271
Jun 2010 4.155
Jul 2010 4.717
Aug 2010 4.774
Sep 2010 3.651
Oct 2010 3.837
Nov 2010 3.292
Dec 2010 4.267
Jan 2011 4.216
Feb 2011 4.316
Mar 2011 3.793
Date Index
($/MMBTU)
Apr 2011 4.240
May 2011 4.377
Jun 2011 4.326
Jul 2011 4.357
Aug 2011 4.370
Sep 2011 3.857
Oct 2011 3.759
Nov 2011 3.524
Dec 2011 3.364
Jan 2012 3.084
Feb 2012 2.678
Mar 2012 -


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