Highlights



June 2023

• In June 2023, dry natural gas production increased year over year for the month for the 27th consecutive month. The preliminary level for dry natural gas production in June 2023 was 3,083 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 102.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). This level was 4.3% (4.2 Bcf/d) higher than June 2022 (98.5 Bcf/d) and the highest level for the month since 1973, when we began tracking dry natural gas production. Gross withdrawals also increased from June 2022:
• Gross withdrawals: 3,721 Bcf for the month, or a daily rate of 124.0 Bcf/d
  • A 4.6% increase compared with June 2022 (118.6 Bcf/d)
• Highest daily rate of gross withdrawals for the month since 1980, the earliest year in this data set

• Estimated natural gas consumption in June 2023 was 2,359 Bcf, or 78.6 Bcf/d. This level was 1.8% higher than June 2022 (77.3 Bcf/d) and the highest for the month since 2001, the earliest year in this data set.
• The year-over-year average daily rate of consumption of dry natural gas in June 2023 increased in each of the four consuming sectors. Deliveries of natural gas by consuming sector in June 2023 were as follows:
  
  • Residential deliveries: 127 Bcf for the month, or a daily rate of 4.2 Bcf/d
    • A 2.4% increase compared with June 2022 (4.1 Bcf/d)
  • Commercial deliveries: 148 Bcf for the month, or a daily rate of 4.95 Bcf/d
    • A 1.1% increase compared with June 2022 (4.89 Bcf/d)
    
  • Highest commercial deliveries for the month since 1997
  • Industrial deliveries: 649 Bcf for the month, or a daily rate of 21.62 Bcf/d
    • A 0.1% increase compared with June 2022 (21.59 Bcf/d)
    
  • Highest industrial deliveries for the month since 2018
  
  • Electric power deliveries: 1,172 Bcf for the month, or a daily rate of 39.1 Bcf/d
  • A 2.3% increase compared with June 2022 (38.2 Bcf/d)
  • Highest electric power deliveries for the month since we began using the current methodology for electric power deliveries in 2001

• Net natural gas imports (imports minus exports) were -375 Bcf, or -12.5 Bcf/d, in June 2023, making the United States a net natural gas exporter. Daily net natural gas imports were the lowest for the month since we began tracking them in 1973. The United States exported 2.6 times more natural gas than it imported in June 2023. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in June 2023 were 9.0% higher than the daily rate of LNG exported in June 2022; LNG exports were the highest for the month since we began tracking them in 1997. In June 2023, the United States exported 10.9 Bcf/d of LNG to 30 countries. Natural gas imports and exports increased year over year in June 2023:
  
  • Total imports: 232 Bcf for the month, or a daily rate of 7.7 Bcf/d
  • A 1.3% increase compared with June 2022 (7.6 Bcf/d)
  • Highest natural gas imports for the month since 2017
  
  • Total exports: 607 Bcf for the month, or 20.2 Bcf/d
  • A 9.6% increase compared with June 2022 (18.5 Bcf/d)
  • Highest natural gas exports for the month since we began tracking them in 1973