Natural Gas Inventories as of March 19, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 36 Bcf as of March 19, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 1,746 Bcf as of Friday, March 19, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 36 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 263 Bcf less than last year at this time and 78 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,824 Bcf.
At 1,746 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 (03/19/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 03/19/21 | 03/12/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 307 | 328 | -21 | -21 | 400 | -28.3 | 329 | -6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 405 | 426 | -21 | -21 | 495 | -18.2 | 424 | -4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 112 | 114 | -2 | -2 | 93 | 20.4 | 106 | 5.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 193 | 199 | -6 | -6 | 195 | -1.0 | 186 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 730 | 715 | 15 | 15 | 827 | -11.7 | 778 | -6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 215 | 197 | 18 | 18 | 256 | -16.0 | 236 | -8.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 515 | 519 | -4 | -4 | 571 | -9.8 | 542 | -5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,746 | 1,782 | -36 | -36 | 2,009 | -13.1 | 1,824 | -4.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only South Central, South Central Salt regions, experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region, except for the Mountain, and Pacific regions are below the five-year average.
