Natural Gas Inventories as of March 25, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 26 Bcf as of March 25, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 1,415 Bcf as of Friday, March 25, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 26 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 347 Bcf less than last year at this time and 244 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,659 Bcf.
At 1,415 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 (3/25/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 3/25/22 | 3/18/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 268 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 307 | -12.7 | 285 | -6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 317 | 318 | -1 | -1 | 402 | -21.1 | 378 | -16.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 89 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 112 | -20.5 | 99 | -10.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 161 | 157 | 4 | 4 | 194 | -17.0 | 175 | -8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 581 | 559 | 22 | 22 | 747 | -22.2 | 721 | -19.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 169 | 156 | 13 | 13 | 224 | -26.4 | 220 | -23.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 412 | 404 | 8 | 8 | 522 | -21.1 | 501 | -17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,415 | 1,389 | 26 | 26 | 1,762 | -19.7 |
1,659 | -14.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for Midwest region, experienced a net increase this week. The East region remained the same.
All regions are below the five-year average.
