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Posted June 7, 2021 Today in Energy

In 2020, natural gas exports and natural gas for electricity reached record highs ›

In 2020, both natural gas consumption by the U.S. electric power sector and natural gas exports reached record highs, despite a 2% annual decline in domestic dry natural gas production. Dry natural gas production doesn’t include natural gas plant liquids (NGPL), such as ethane and propane. In 2020, NGPL production grew to a record-high 2.7 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), up 7% from 2019. Our U.S. natural gas flow diagram shows the volume of U.S. natural gas supply (production, imports, and withdrawals from storage) and disposition (consumption, exports, and additions to storage) in 2020. More

U.S. natural gas flow, 2020

Source: EIA, Monthly Energy Review

Data Highlights

WTI crude oil futures price

6/4/2021: $69.62/barrel

up$3.30 from week earlier
up$32.21 from year earlier

Natural gas futures price

6/4/2021: $3.097/MMBtu

up$0.111 from week earlier
up$1.275 from year earlier

Weekly coal production

5/29/2021: 12.007 million tons

up0.362 million tons from week earlier
up3.650 million tons from year earlier

Natural gas inventories

5/28/2021: 2,313 Bcf

up98 Bcf from week earlier
down386 Bcf from year earlier

Crude oil inventories

5/28/2021: 479.3 million barrels

down5.1 million barrels from week earlier
down53.1 million barrels from year earlier