-- U.S. dry natural gas production rose 4.9% year over year to 110.0 billion cubic feet per day in February on a preliminary basis, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported in its Natural Gas Monthly report released Thursday.
Natural gas consumption was 111.1 Bcf/d, down 3.8% from the year-ago period, the EIA reported. The average daily rate of dry gas consumption fell in three of the four consuming sectors.
Residential deliveries dropped 9.5% to 25.7 Bcf/d, commercial deliveries fell 10.0% to 15.8 Bcf/d, and industrial deliveries decreased 2.2% to 25.6 Bcf/d. Meanwhile, electric power deliveries rose 1.6% to 33.8 Bcf/d, according to the agency.
Net natural gas exports were 18.1 Bcf/d. The U.S. exported 2.8 times more gas than it imported in February as natural gas imports decreased while exports increased year over year.