Natural Gas Inventories as of September 4, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 70 Bcf as of September 4, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 3,525 Bcf as of Friday, September 4, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 70 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 528 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 409 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,116 Bcf.
At 3,525 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (09/04/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 09/04/20 | 08/28/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 805 | 789 | 16 | 16 | 732 | 10.0 | 756 | 6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 953 | 924 | 29 | 29 | 853 | 11.7 | 849 | 12.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 216 | 212 | 4 | 4 | 181 | 19.3 | 194 | 11.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 308 | 304 | 4 | 4 | 275 | 12.0 | 297 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,243 | 1,225 | 18 | 18 | 955 | 30.2 | 1,021 | 21.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 335 | 331 | 4 | 4 | 198 | 69.2 | 246 | 36.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 908 | 895 | 13 | 13 | 756 | 20.1 | 774 | 17.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,525 | 3,455 | 70 | 70 | 2,997 | 17.6 | 3,116 | 13.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region are above the five-year average.
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