Natural Gas Inventories as of March 12, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 11 Bcf as of March 12, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 1,782 Bcf as of Friday, March 12, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 11 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 253 Bcf less than last year at this time and 93 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,875 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 (03/12/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 03/12/21 | 03/05/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 328 | 350 | -22 | -22 | 414 | -20.8 | 353 | -7.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 426 | 440 | -14 | -14 | 514 | -17.1 | 449 | -5.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 114 | 113 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 18.8 | 107 | 6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 199 | 205 | -6 | -6 | 199 | 0.0 | 186 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 715 | 685 | 30 | 30 | 811 | -11.8 | 779 | -8.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 197 | 176 | 21 | 21 | 245 | -19.6 | 237 | -16.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 519 | 509 | 10 | 10 | 566 | -8.3 | 543 | -4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,782 | 1,793 | -11 | -11 | 2,035 | -12.4 | 1,875 | -5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except for East, Midwest, and Pacific regions, experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region, except for the Mountain, and Pacific regions are below the five-year average.
