Highlights



January 2025

• In January 2025, dry natural gas production increased year over year for the second consecutive month. Preliminary dry natural gas production in January 2025 was 3,228 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 104.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). Production was 0.6% (0.6 Bcf/d) higher in January 2025 than in January 2024 (103.5 Bcf/d). Dry gas production was the highest for the month since 1973, the earliest year in this data set. Gross withdrawals also increased from January 2024:
• Gross withdrawals: 3,905 Bcf for the month, or 126.0 Bcf/d
  • A 0.9% increase compared with January 2024 (124.9 Bcf/d)
• The daily rate of gross withdrawals was the highest for the month since 1980, the earliest year in this data set

• Estimated natural gas consumption in January 2025 was 3,922 Bcf, or 126.5 Bcf/d:
• A 5.1% increase compared with January 2024 (120.4 Bcf/d)
  
• The daily rate of natural gas consumption was the highest for any month since we began using the current methodology in 2001
  
• The year-over-year average daily rate of dry natural gas consumption in January 2025 increased in three of the four consuming sectors. Natural gas deliveries by consuming sector in January 2025 were:
  
  • Residential deliveries: 1,032 Bcf for the month, or 33.3 Bcf/d
    
  • A 10.4% increase compared with January 2024 (30.2 Bcf/d)
  • Highest daily rate of residential deliveries for the month since 2014
  
  • Commercial deliveries: 609 Bcf for the month, or 19.6 Bcf/d
    • An 11.9% increase compared with January 2024 (17.5 Bcf/d)
    
  • Highest daily rate of commercial deliveries for any month since we began using the current methodology for them in 2001
  
  • Industrial deliveries: 831 Bcf for the month, or 26.8 Bcf/d
    • A 3.5% increase compared with January 2024 (25.9 Bcf/d)
    
  • Highest daily rate of industrial deliveries for any month since we began using the current methodology for them in 2001
  
  • Electric power deliveries: 1,128 Bcf for the month, or 36.4 Bcf/d
  • A 0.7% decrease compared with January 2024 (36.6 Bcf/d)
  • Despite this decrease, this was the second-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 -364 Bcf, or -11.7 Bcf/d, in January 2025, making the United States a net natural gas exporter. The United States exported 2.1 times more natural gas than it imported in January 2025. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in January 2025 were 4.8% higher than the daily rate of LNG exported in January 2024; the daily rate of LNG exports was the highest for the month since we began tracking LNG exports in 1997. In January 2025, the United States exported 13.4 Bcf/d of LNG to 27 countries. Natural gas imports and exports both increased year over year in January 2025:
  
  • Total imports: 335 Bcf for the month, or 10.8 Bcf/d
  • A 3.7% increase compared with January 2024 (10.4 Bcf/d)
  • Highest daily rate of natural gas imports for the month since 2011
  • Total exports: 699 Bcf for the month, or 22.5 Bcf/d
  • A 3.7% increase compared with January 2024 (21.7 Bcf/d)
  • Highest daily rate of natural gas exports for the month since we began tracking them in 1973