USA: LNG Sendout Jumps This Week as Cargoes Arrive at Gulf of Mexico Terminals

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) sendout jumped this week, the result of cargoes arriving to the Gulf of Mexico.

Sendout rose 17 percent on the week, according to BENTEK data, though it still remains 29 percent below last year’s LNG sendout levels.

Cargoes arriving at Gulf of Mexico’s Sabine Pass and Lake Charles terminals, helped boost LNG sendout to 1.5 Bcf on Wednesday, October 20, compared with 681 million cubic feet at the beginning of the week.

Canadian pipeline imports, on the other hand, were down 2 percent from the previous week and 1 percent from the same week last year.

Slight increases in Canadian imports to the West and Northeast were offset by a 4 percent drop in imports to the Midwest.

Overall supply of natural gas rose less than one percent this week, as production increased slightly from last week.

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, October 22, 2010;