Natural Gas Inventories as of February 18, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 129 Bcf as of February 18 2022.
Working gas in storage was 1,782 Bcf as of Friday, February 18, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 129 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 209 Bcf less than last year at this time and 214 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,996 Bcf.
At 1,782 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 (2/18/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 2/18/22 | 2/11/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 396 | 435 | -39 | -39 | 433 | -8.5 | 428 | -7.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 450 | 496 | -46 | -46 | 520 | -13.5 | 515 | -12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 105 | 114 | -9 | -9 | 125 | -16.0 | 115 | -8.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 176 | 177 | -1 | -1 | 222 | -20.7 | 191 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 655 | 689 | -34 | -34 | 692 | -5.3 | 747 | -12.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 168 | 173 | -5 | -5 | 162 | -3.7 | 226 | -25.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 487 | 516 | -29 | -29 | 530 | -8.1 | 521 | -6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,782 | 1,911 | -129 | -129 | 1,991 | -10.5 |
1,996 | -10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
