Cold Snap Chills U.S. Gas Sector

Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A blast of cold winter weather socked much of the continental United States, leading to a surge in demand for natural gas that was met by higher imports from Canada, IIR Energy data show.A cold front started sweeping across the northern Plains last week, pushing regional temperatures to some 30 degrees Fahrenheit below normal. Wind chills as low as 7 degrees were expected on Monday as far south as Louisville, Kentucky.