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US gas consumption drops by 4% amid cooler temperatures

Natural gas consumption in the U.S. decreased by 4% in the week ended Sept. 18, amid cooler temperatures across most of the country, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported in its Sept. 19 "Natural Gas Weekly Update."

Gas use for the report week fell to 65.3 Bcf/d from 67.8 Bcf/d, the EIA said. Consumption by the power sector totaled 35.4 Bcf/d, also down from the 37.4 Bcf/d reported a week ago.

Consumption in the industrial and residential and commercial sectors also declined this week. Industrial use slipped to 21.2 Bcf/d from 21.5 Bcf/d, while residential and commercial use dipped to 8.7 Bcf/d from 8.9 Bcf/d.

Total U.S. demand — including Mexico exports, pipeline fuel use or losses, and LNG pipeline receipts — dropped week over week to 83.2 Bcf/d from 85.0 Bcf/d.

U.S. LNG exports increased this week as 12 LNG vessels bearing a total of 42 Bcf left the country between Sept. 12 and Sept. 18, the EIA reported, citing shipping data compiled by Bloomberg. In the previous week, 10 tankers with a total of 37 Bcf departed the country.

The 12 vessels included seven from Cheniere Energy Inc.'s Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana, two from Cheniere's Corpus Christi terminal in Texas, two from Dominion Energy Inc.'s Cove Point terminal in Maryland, and one from the Freeport LNG Development LP terminal in Texas.

Gas supply in the country clocked in at 96.2 Bcf/d, a slight decrease from 96.5 Bcf/d a week ago. Marketed and dry gas production dipped this week, standing at 103.0 Bcf/d and 91.6 Bcf/d, respectively, compared with 103.6 Bcf/d and 92.0 Bcf/d in the prior week. Average net imports from Canada inched up to 4.6 Bcf/d from 4.5 Bcf/d.

Net injections into storage for the week ended Sept. 13 were 84 Bcf, up from the five-year average of 82 Bcf, but remained flat from the same week in 2018. Working gas stocks were 3,103 Bcf, 75 Bcf lower than the five-year average, but 393 Bcf higher than the same week a year earlier.