# February 2021 weather triggers largest monthly decline in U.S. natural gas production -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

> EIA reports that US natural gas production fell 8.1 Bcf/d in February 2021 to 104.8 Bcf/d, the largest monthly decline on record. The drop was driven by freeze-offs during a record cold snap that hit Texas wells especially hard.

- Date: 2021-05-10 · published 2021-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47273-february-2021-weather-triggers-largest-monthly-decline-in-u-s-natural-gas
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

The February supply shock is now historical, and production has since recovered. Its main relevance to feed buyers is that it explains the tight gas balance earlier in 2021.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2018-04-17 | [Key global natural gas production trends from 2017 - IEA - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65702-key-global-natural-gas-production-trends-from-2017-iea-thoughtful-journalism.md) | -2.0% | +0.9% |
| NATGAS | 2019-02-01 | [EIA expects relatively flat natural gas prices, continued record production through 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61272-eia-expects-relatively-flat-natural-gas-prices-continued-record-production.md) | -8.2% | +7.2% |
| NATGAS | 2026-05-01 | [Domestic and international demand drive natural gas production growth](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19914-domestic-and-international-demand-drive-natural-gas-production-growth.md) | +1.2% | +22.6% |
| NATGAS | 2019-01-07 | [Natural gas prices, production, consumption, and exports increased in 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61278-natural-gas-prices-production-consumption-and-exports-increased-in-2018.md) | +3.6% | -10.4% |
| NATGAS | 2019-03-01 | [What Happened to Natural Gas Prices at the End of 2018? : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7998-what-happened-to-natural-gas-prices-at-the-end-of-2018-u-s-bureau-of-labor.md) | +1.1% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- eia.gov: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=47896

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