Natural gas transportation and distribution, July 2015
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Released: 2015-09-29
11.8 billion cubic metres
July 2015
5.0% 
(12-month change)
$719.5 million
July 2015
-38.0% 
(12-month change)
6.2 billion cubic metres
July 2015
5.1%
(12-month change)
1.1 billion cubic metres
July 2015
-31.2%
(12-month change)
Canadian natural gas utilities received 11.8 billion cubic metres of total marketable gas in July, up 5.0% from the same month in 2014.
Gas utilities sold 5.1 billion cubic metres of natural gas in July, up 1.4%. Revenues decreased 38.0% from 12 months earlier to $719.5 million, largely reflecting the continued downward trend in natural gas prices.
Chart 1
Marketable natural gas
In July, total receipts of marketable gas increased 10.7% to 8.5 billion cubic metres in Alberta and rose 0.4% to 2.9 billion cubic metres in British Columbia.
Sales of natural gas were higher in Alberta (up 2.3% to 2.8 billion cubic metres), while Saskatchewan (up 12.9% to 442.2 million cubic metres) showed the largest change compared with July 2014.
Revenues continue to decline in Ontario and Alberta
Revenues were down in Ontario (down 6.7% to $394.5 million) and Alberta (down 70.9% to $124.1 million). Year over year, revenues fell for the eighth consecutive month in Alberta and for the fourth consecutive month in Ontario.
Imports continue to decline
In July, Canada's imports of natural gas decreased 31.9% to 1.1 billion cubic metres. The decrease was driven by lower demand in Ontario.
Chart 2
Marketable natural gas and imports
Exports of natural gas by pipelines to the United States rose 5.8% to 6.2 billion cubic metres.
Note to readers
Data for May 2014 to June 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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