Natural Gas Inventories as of April 16, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 38 Bcf as of April 16, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 1,883 Bcf as of Friday, April 16, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 38 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 251 Bcf less than last year at this time and 12 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,871 Bcf.
At 1,883 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 (04/16/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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Region | 04/16/21 | 04/09/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 325 | 311 | 14 | 14 | 400 | -18.8 | 309 | 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 421 | 414 | 7 | 7 | 492 | -14.4 | 401 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 118 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 22.9 | 109 | 8.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 210 | 205 | 5 | 5 | 209 | 0.5 | 203 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 810 | 798 | 12 | 12 | 937 | -13.6 | 849 | -4.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 256 | 251 | 5 | 5 | 299 | -14.4 | 268 | -4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 554 | 547 | 7 | 7 | 638 | -13.2 | 582 | -4.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 1,883 | 1,845 | 38 | 38 | 2,134 | -11.8 | 1,871 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
All regions, except for the Mountain region, experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region, except for the South Central, South Central Salt, and South Central Nonsalt regions are above the five-year average.