Western Canada’s natural gas production has kicked off the spring on a strong note, posting a record high for April at 19.06 Bcf/d (blue column inside red dashed rectangle in chart below). Based on data from RBN’s Canadian NatGas Billboard it is the fourth highest monthly average on record and stands 0.55 Bcf/d higher than a year ago, but 0.32 Bcf/d lower than March (the second highest monthly average). The production growth in April (and March) was driven by very strong well completion and tie-in activity, typical of the end of a winter drilling season and despite gas-focused drilling activity that has been holding in the middle or near the bottom of the five-year range. Year-to-date growth to the end of April is 0.76 Bcf/d and double the rate of growth seen for all of 2024.
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