Canadian NatGas Imports Provide Reliability for U.S. During Winter

From time to time, it's helpful to revisit our longstanding relationship with Canada with respect to natural gas flowing across the border--both ways. It sounds strange on the surface to say that there are dozens of pipelines that cross our joint border--some flowing gas to Canada (exports), others flowing gas from our neighbors to the north (imports). Why don't we both just keep our own gas to ourselves instead of swapping? Because in some areas, it makes sense for Canada to produce the gas and ship it to us, and in other areas, the reverse makes sense. Truth be told, Canada's flows of gas to the U.S. help us maintain supply reliability during the winter months. So says the EIA.

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