Natural Gas Inventories as of January 28, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 268 Bcf as of January 28, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 2,323 Bcf as of Friday, January 28, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 268 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 393 Bcf less than last year at this time and 143 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,466 Bcf.
At 2,323 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 (1/28/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 1/28/22 | 1/21/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 541 | 609 | -68 | -68 | 590 | -8.3 | 557 | -2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 616 | 701 | -85 | -85 | 728 | -15.4 | 669 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 133 | 143 | -10 | -10 | 160 | -16.9 | 141 | -5.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 196 | 201 | -5 | -5 | 263 | -25.5 | 217 | -9.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 837 | 938 | -101 | -101 | 976 | -14.2 | 883 | -5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 231 | 279 | -48 | -48 | 282 | -18.1 | 269 | -14.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 606 | 658 | -52 | -52 | 694 | -12.7 | 614 | -1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,323 | 2,591 | -268 | -268 | 2,716 | -14.5 |
2,466 | -5.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
