Natural gas transportation and distribution, May 2015
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Released: 2015-07-30
Canadian natural gas utilities received 11.7 billion cubic metres of total marketable gas in May, up 2.4% from the same month in 2014.
Gas utilities sold 5.6 billion cubic metres of natural gas in May, down 6.8%. Revenues decreased 18.5% from 12 months earlier to $1.2 billion, largely reflecting the continued downward trend in natural gas prices.
Chart 1
Total marketable natural gas
In May, total receipts of marketable gas increased 3.5% to 8.1 billion cubic metres in Alberta and rose 6.0% to 3.2 billion cubic metres in British Columbia.
Sales continue to decline in Alberta and Ontario
Sales of natural gas were lower in Alberta (down 3.5% to 2.7 billion cubic metres) and Ontario (down 15.8% to 1.5 billion cubic metres) compared with May 2014.
The decrease in revenues at the national level was led by lower revenues in Ontario (down 27.5% to $463.8 million) and Alberta (down 16.0% to $407.7 million). Year over year, revenues in Alberta were down for the sixth consecutive month.
Chart 2
Natural gas exports and imports
Imports continue to decline
Canada's imports of natural gas decreased year over year for the 14th consecutive month. Imports were down 12.7% in May to 1.2 billion cubic metres, driven by a decline in Ontario.
In May, exports of natural gas by pipelines to the United States from Canada rose 1.5% to 6.1 billion cubic metres.
Note to readers
Data for March and April 2015 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 include 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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