Natural Gas Inventories as of January 22, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 128 Bcf as of January 22, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,881 Bcf as of Friday, January 22, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 128 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 78 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 244 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,637 Bcf.
At 2,881 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 (01/22/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 01/22/21 | 01/15/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 641 | 679 | -38 | -38 | 655 | -2.1 | 605 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 780 | 828 | -48 | -48 | 776 | 0.5 | 718 | 8.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 170 | 176 | -6 | -6 | 145 | 17.2 | 148 | 14.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 275 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 29.1 | 225 | 22.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,014 | 1,051 | -37 | -37 | 1,015 | -0.1 | 942 | 7.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 288 | 296 | -8 | -8 | 306 | -5.9 | 280 | 2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 726 | 755 | -29 | -29 | 709 | 2.4 | 662 | 9.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,881 | 3,009 | -128 | -128 | 2,803 | 2.8 | 2,637 | 9.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region are above the five-year average.
