Natural Gas Inventories as of February 26, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 98 Bcf as of February 26, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 1,845 Bcf as of Friday, February 26, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 98 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 277 Bcf less than last year at this time and 178 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,023 Bcf.
At 1,845 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 (02/26/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 02/26/21 | 02/19/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 383 | 424 | -41 | -41 | 460 | -16.7 | 415 | -7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 465 | 508 | -43 | -43 | 567 | -18.0 | 507 | -8.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 117 | 123 | -6 | -6 | 103 | 13.6 | 113 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 210 | 218 | -8 | -8 | 197 | 6.6 | 191 | 9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 670 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 795 | -15.7 | 796 | -15.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 159 | 150 | 9 | 9 | 233 | -31.8 | 245 | -35.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 511 | 520 | -9 | -9 | 562 | -9.1 | 552 | -7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,845 | 1,943 | -98 | -98 | 2,122 | -13.1 | 2,023 | -8.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 below the five-year average.
