Natural Gas Inventories as of March 18, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 51 Bcf as of March 18, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 1,389 Bcf as of Friday, March 18, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 51 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 366 Bcf less than last year at this time and 293 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,682 Bcf.
At 1,389 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 (3/18/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 3/18/22 | 3/11/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 268 | 290 | -22 | -22 | 310 | -13.5 | 303 | -11.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 318 | 337 | -19 | -19 | 408 | -22.1 | 395 | -19.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 87 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 112 | -22.3 | 99 | -12.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 157 | 155 | 2 | 2 | 194 | -19.1 | 173 | -9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 559 | 571 | -12 | -12 | 731 | -23.5 | 712 | -21.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 156 | 159 | -3 | -3 | 212 | -26.4 | 216 | -27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 404 | 412 | -8 | -8 | 519 | -22.2 | 496 | -18.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,389 | 1,440 | -51 | -51 | 1,755 | -20.9 |
1,682 | -17.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for Pacific and Mountain region, experienced a net decrease this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
