EIA Natural Gas Monthly: May 2015

EIA’s May Natural Gas Monthly, with data through April 2015, has been released.

According to the report, preliminary dry natural gas production in the US for April 2015 was 2,239 billion ft³, or 74.6 billion ft³/d, up from last month’s 74.2 billion ft³/d. April's production was a 6.0 billion ft³/d increase from 68.6 billion ft³/d in April 2014, an 8.8% y/y rise.

Preliminary total natural gas consumption for April 2015 was 2,044 billion ft³, or 68.1 billion ft³/d, an increase of 3.5% from 1,975 billion ft³ in April 2014, or 65.8 billion ft³/d.

For the second consecutive month, total consumption of dry natural gas for April 2015 decreased in three of four sectors year to year, with the exception of electric power deliveries, which increased significantly from last April:

• Deliveries to residential consumers for April 2015 were 322 billion ft³, or 10.7 billion ft³/d, down 3.5% from 11.8 billion ft³/d in April 2014.
• Commercial deliveries were 236 billion ft³, or 7.9 billion ft³/d, a 5.6% decrease from 8.3 billion ft³/d in April 2014.
• Industrial deliveries were 610 billion ft³, or 20.3 billion ft³/d, down 2.9% from 20.9 billion ft³/d in April 2014.
• Electric power deliveries were 669 billion ft³, or 22.3 billion ft³/d, a 21.6% rise from 18.3 billion ft³/d in April 2014.

Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling