Natural Gas Inventories as of October 16, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 49 Bcf as of October 16, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 3,926 Bcf as of Friday, October 16, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 49 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 345 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 327 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,599 Bcf.
At 3,926 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 (10/16/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 10/16/20 | 10/9/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 923 | 908 | 15 | 15 | 893 | 3.4 | 889 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,105 | 1,081 | 24 | 24 | 1,062 | 4.0 | 1,039 | 6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 245 | 241 | 4 | 4 | 207 | 18.4 | 213 | 15.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 323 | 320 | 3 | 3 | 297 | 8.8 | 313 | 3.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,329 | 1,326 | 3 | 3 | 1,122 | 18.4 | 1,144 | 16.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 360 | 366 | -6 | -6 | 262 | 37.4 | 295 | 22.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 969 | 960 | 9 | 9 | 861 | 12.5 | 849 | 14.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,926 | 3,877 | 49 | 49 | 3,581 | 9.6 | 3,599 | 9.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except for South Central Salt, experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region are above the five-year average.
