Natural Gas Inventories as of March 11, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 79 Bcf as of March 11, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 1,440 Bcf as of Friday, March 11, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 79 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 344 Bcf less than last year at this time and 304 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,744 Bcf.
At 1,440 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 (3/11/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 3/11/22 | 3/4/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 290 | 317 | -27 | -27 | 331 | -12.4 | 333 | -12.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 337 | 364 | -27 | -27 | 428 | -21.3 | 423 | -20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 87 | 93 | -6 | -6 | 114 | -23.7 | 101 | -13.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 155 | 162 | -7 | -7 | 200 | -22.5 | 174 | -10.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 571 | 582 | -11 | -11 | 711 | -19.7 | 713 | -19.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 159 | 151 | 8 | 8 | 194 | -18.0 | 215 | -26.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 412 | 431 | -19 | -19 | 518 | -20.5 | 499 | -17.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,440 | 1,519 | -79 | -79 | 1,784 | -19.3 |
1,744 | -17.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for South Central Nonsalt, experienced a net decrease this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
