Natural Gas Inventories as of April 22, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 40 Bcf as of April 22, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 1,490 Bcf as of Friday, April 22, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 40 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 405 Bcf less than last year at this time and 305 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,795 Bcf.
At 1,490 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 (4/22/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 4/22/22 | 4/15/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 238 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 320 | -25.6 | 301 | -20.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 309 | 304 | 5 | 5 | 426 | -27.5 | 385 | -19.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 90 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 119 | -24.4 | 105 | -14.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 171 | 169 | 2 | 2 | 216 | -20.8 | 197 | -13.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 681 | 650 | 31 | 31 | 815 | -16.4 | 808 | -15.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 215 | 201 | 14 | 14 | 258 | -16.7 | 257 | -16.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 467 | 449 | 18 | 18 | 557 | -16.2 | 550 | -15.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,490 | 1,450 | 40 | 40 | 1,896 | -21.4 |
1,795 | -17.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced an increase this week. The East region, experienced no change this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
