U.S. LNG Exports Record First Year/Year Decline Since January 2016 as Pandemic Reverberates

摘要

U.S. liquefed natural gas (LNG) exports fell by 23.2% in June compared to the same month last year, their frst year/ year (y/y) decline since January 2016, according to the latest monthly data com- piled by the Energy Information Adminis- tration (EIA). Total natural gas exports dropped by 6.1% to 11.3 Bcf/d, the frst annual decline for any month since October 2014, researchers said in EIA’s August Natural Gas Monthly report released Tuesday. LNG had been driving the steady rise in total gas exports since 2016, they said.