Natural gas transportation and distribution, December 2014
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Released: 2015-02-25
Canadian natural gas utilities received 13.9 billion cubic metres of total marketable gas in December, down 3.6% from the same month in 2013.
Gas utilities sold 9.8 billion cubic metres of natural gas in December, down 4.5%. Revenues decreased 6.2% from 12 months earlier to $2.0 billion.
Revenues down sharply in Alberta
In Alberta, which produces the most natural gas in Canada, utilities received 10.0 billion cubic metres in December, down 6.0% from the same month a year earlier. Receipts in British Columbia were up 3.6% from December 2013 to 3.4 billion cubic metres.
Sales of natural gas were lower in Alberta (down 2.0% to 3.9 billion cubic metres) and Ontario (down 10.2% to 3.0 billion cubic metres) compared with December 2013.
While revenues rose in Ontario (up 1.2% to $848.4 million), lower revenues in Alberta (down 19.5% to $457.0 million), Quebec (down 4.8% to $251.2 million) and British Columbia (down 10.7% to $210.1 million) led to the national decrease.
Exports down from Saskatchewan and British Columbia
In December, Canada's exports of natural gas by pipeline to the United States decreased 8.9% from December 2013 to 7.3 billion cubic metres. Exports declined from Saskatchewan (down 8.9% to 3.0 billion cubic metres), British Columbia (down 6.4% to 2.6 billion cubic metres) and Ontario (down 17.3% to 715.9 million cubic metres).
Canada's imports of natural gas decreased 0.6% to 2.1 billion cubic metres, as a result of declines in New Brunswick, British Columbia and Manitoba.
Total marketable gas at highest level in five years
Canadian natural gas utilities received 147.0 billion cubic metres of total marketable gas in 2014, up 4.1% from 2013. This was the highest level reported in five years.
Chart 1
Annual total marketable natural gas
Canada's exports of natural gas have been trending downward for five years, decreasing from 95.6 billion cubic metres in 2010 to 78.0 billion cubic metres in 2014. Canada's imports of natural gas have fallen for three consecutive years, decreasing from 31.3 billion cubic metres in 2012 to 21.9 billion cubic metres in 2014.
Chart 2
Annual natural gas exports and imports
Note to readers
Data for 2013 and 2014 have been revised.
Import and export data are a combination of National Energy Board and respondent data.
Marketable gas data reported for British Columbia also includes data for Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
Total marketable gas includes gas received from fields and processing or reprocessing plants after re-injection, field uses, processing plant and reprocessing plant shrinkage, plant use and losses have been deducted.
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