Natural Gas Inventories as of February 12, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 237 Bcf as of February 12, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,281 Bcf as of Friday, February 12, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 237 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 105 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 57 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,224 Bcf.
At 2,281 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 (02/12/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 02/12/21 | 02/05/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 485 | 529 | -44 | -44 | 539 | -10.0 | 482 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 589 | 666 | -77 | -77 | 655 | -10.1 | 578 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 137 | 150 | -13 | -13 | 120 | 14.2 | 125 | 9.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 244 | 257 | -13 | -13 | 199 | 22.6 | 203 | 20.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 826 | 915 | -89 | -89 | 873 | -5.4 | 837 | -1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 233 | 261 | -28 | -28 | 260 | -10.4 | 258 | -9.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 593 | 654 | -61 | -61 | 613 | -3.3 | 579 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,281 | 2,518 | -237 | -237 | 2,386 | -4.4 | 2,224 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region, except for the South Central, and South Central Salt regions are above the five-year average.
