U.S. Natural Gas Exports Surpass Imports for Thirteen Straight Months: EIA

The U.S. has been a net exporter of natural gas for over a year, with exports reaching 4.6 billion cubic feet per day in February, the thirteenth consecutive month in which exports exceeded imports, according to a May 2 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. While liquefied natural gas shipments have grown in recent years, most U.S. exports are sent by pipeline to neighboring Canada and Mexico.

• Exports to Canada have risen since November 2018, reaching a record high of 3.3 billion cubic feet per day in February, since the second phase of the Rover pipeline and the NEXUS pipeline entered service, bringing supplies from the Marcellus and Utica plays to the Dawn Hub in Ontario.
• Mexico received an average of 5.2 billion cubic feet per day in 2018, up from 4.2 Bcf/d in 2017, thanks to increased shipments from the Permian Basin in western Texas as new pipelines were installed and as gas-fired power plant projects in Mexico came online.
• U.S. LNG exports hit a high of 4.1 Bcf/d in January 2019; during 2019, the volume of LNG exports rose steadily as three new liquefaction units with a combined capacity of 1.9 Bcf/d entered service.
• In 2017, the U.S. became a net exporter of natural for the first time since 1958.