Natural Gas Inventories as of April 15, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 53 Bcf as of April 15, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 1,450 Bcf as of Friday, April 15, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 53 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 428 Bcf less than last year at this time and 292 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,742 Bcf.
At 1,450 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 (4/15/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 4/15/22 | 4/08/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 238 | 229 | 9 | 9 | 323 | -26.3 | 290 | -17.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 304 | 293 | 11 | 11 | 420 | -27.6 | 376 | -19.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 89 | 90 | -1 | -1 | 118 | -24.6 | 102 | -12.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 169 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 209 | -19.1 | 190 | -11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 650 | 617 | 33 | 33 | 808 | -19.5 | 785 | -17.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 201 | 186 | 15 | 15 | 255 | -21.2 | 249 | -19.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 449 | 431 | 18 | 18 | 553 | -18.8 | 536 | -16.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,450 | 1,397 | 53 | 53 | 1,878 | -22.8 |
1,742 | -16.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the Mountain region, experienced an increase this week. The Pacific region, experienced no change this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
