Natural Gas Inventories as of December 10, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 88 Bcf as of December 10, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 3,417 Bcf as of Friday, December 10, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 88 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 326 Bcf less than last year at this time and 64 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,481 Bcf.
At 3,417 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 (12/10/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 12/10/21 | 12/3/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 818 | 843 | -25 | -25 | 886 | -7.7 | 830 | -1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 982 | 1,019 | -37 | -37 | 1,064 | -7.7 | 1,000 | -1.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 199 | 206 | -7 | -7 | 224 | -11.2 | 205 | -2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 261 | 266 | -5 | -5 | 307 | -15.0 | 285 | -8.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,158 | 1,171 | -13 | -13 | 1,261 | -8.2 | 1,160 | -0.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 328 | 328 | 0 | 0 | 350 | -6.3 | 335 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 829 | 842 | -13 | -13 | 912 | -9.1 | 826 | -0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,417 | 3,505 | -88 | -88 | 3,743 | -8.7 |
3,481 | -1.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease this week, except for the South Central Nonsalt region, it had no change.
No regions are above the five-year average.
