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Natural Gas Monthly
Data for April 2024 | Release Date: June 28, 2024 | Next Release: July 31, 2024 | full report
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April 2024
- In April 2024, dry natural gas production decreased year over year for the second consecutive month. Preliminary dry natural gas production in April 2024 was 3,049 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 101.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). Production was 1.0% (1.0 Bcf/d) lower in April 2024 than in April 2023 (102.6 Bcf/d); despite this decrease, dry natural gas production was the second highest for the month since 1973, when we began tracking dry production. Gross withdrawals also decreased from April 2023:
- Gross withdrawals: 3,714 Bcf for the month, or 123.8 Bcf/d
• A 0.4% decrease compared with April 2023 (124.3 Bcf/d) • Despite this decrease, the daily rate of gross withdrawals was the second highest for the month since 1980, the earliest year in this data set
- Estimated natural gas consumption in April 2024 was 2,395 Bcf, or 79.8 Bcf/d
- A 1.1% decrease compared with April 2023 (80.7 Bcf/d)
- Despite this decrease, the daily rate of natural gas consumption was the second highest for the month since we began using the current methodology for consumption in 2001
- The year-over-year average daily rate of dry natural gas consumption in April 2024 decreased in three of the four consuming sectors. Natural gas deliveries by consuming sector in April 2024 were:
- Residential deliveries: 317 Bcf for the month, or 10.6 Bcf/d
• A 6.2% decrease compared with April 2023 (11.3 Bcf/d) • Lowest daily rate of residential deliveries for the month since 2017
- Residential deliveries: 317 Bcf for the month, or 10.6 Bcf/d
- Commercial deliveries: 247 Bcf for the month, or 8.2 Bcf/d
• A 2.4% decrease compared with April 2023 (8.4 Bcf/d)
• Lowest daily rate of commercial deliveries for the month since 2020 - Industrial deliveries: 694 Bcf for the month, or 23.1 Bcf/d
• A 1.7% decrease compared with April 2023 (23.5 Bcf/d)
- Electric power deliveries: 882 Bcf for the month, or 29.4 Bcf/d • A 1.5% increase compared with April 2023 (29.0 Bcf/d)
• Highest daily rate of electric power deliveries for the month since we began using the current methodology for them in 2001
- Net natural gas imports (imports minus exports) were -345 Bcf, or -11.5 Bcf/d, in April 2024, making the United States a net natural gas exporter. The United States exported 2.5 times more natural gas than it imported in April 2024. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in April 2024 were 19.1% lower than the daily rate of LNG exported in April 2023, the first year-over-year decrease since January 2023; the daily rate of LNG exports was the lowest for the month since 2020. In April 2024, the United States exported 10.1 Bcf/d of LNG to 33 countries. Natural gas imports increased year over year while exports decreased year over year in April 2024:
- Total imports: 223 Bcf for the month, or 7.4 Bcf/d • A 1.4% increase compared with April 2023 (7.3 Bcf/d)
- Total exports: 567 Bcf for the month, or 18.9 Bcf/d • An 8.7% decrease compared with April 2023 (20.7 Bcf/d), the first year-over-year decrease since January 2023