Natural Gas Inventories as of April 2, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 20 Bcf as of April 2, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 1,784 Bcf as of Friday, April 2, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 20 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 235 Bcf less than last year at this time and 24 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,808 Bcf.
At 1,784 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 (04/02/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 04/02/21 | 03/26/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 305 | 307 | -2 | -2 | 382 | -20.2 | 303 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 398 | 401 | -3 | -3 | 475 | -16.2 | 400 | -0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 115 | 112 | 3 | 3 | 92 | 25.0 | 106 | 8.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 198 | 194 | 4 | 4 | 202 | -2.0 | 194 | 2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 768 | 749 | 19 | 19 | 867 | -11.4 | 806 | -4.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 235 | 226 | 9 | 9 | 264 | -11.0 | 248 | -5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 533 | 523 | 10 | 10 | 604 | -11.8 | 558 | -4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,784 | 1,764 | 20 | 20 | 2,019 | -11.6 | 1,808 | -1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only Mountain, Pacific, South Central, South Central Salt, and South Central Nonsalt regions, experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region, except for the East, Mountain, and Pacific regions are below the five-year average.
