Natural Gas Inventories as of January 14, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 206 Bcf as of January 14, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 2,810 Bcf as of Friday, January 14, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 206 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 226 Bcf less than last year at this time and 33 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,777 Bcf.
At 2,810 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 (1/14/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 1/14/22 | 1/7/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 669 | 730 | -61 | -61 | 686 | -2.5 | 643 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 770 | 835 | -65 | -65 | 835 | -7.8 | 771 | -0.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 151 | 159 | -8 | -8 | 178 | -15.2 | 159 | -5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 201 | 204 | -3 | -3 | 275 | -26.9 | 236 | -14.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,019 | 1,088 | -69 | -69 | 1,062 | -4.0 | 968 | 5.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 308 | 330 | -22 | -22 | 300 | 2.7 | 286 | 7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 711 | 759 | -48 | -48 | 761 | -6.6 | 683 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,810 | 3,016 | -206 | -206 | 3,036 | -7.4 |
2,777 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease this week.
All regions except for the Midwest, Mountain and Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
