Natural Gas Inventories as of April 30, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 60 Bcf as of April 30, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 1,958 Bcf as of Friday, April 30, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 60 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 345 Bcf less than last year at this time and 61 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,019 Bcf.
At 1,958 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 (04/30/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 04/30/21 | 04/23/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 332 | 319 | 13 | 13 | 421 | -21.1 | 346 | -4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 442 | 427 | 15 | 15 | 527 | -16.1 | 429 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 124 | 119 | 5 | 5 | 110 | 12.7 | 117 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 224 | 217 | 7 | 7 | 227 | -1.3 | 219 | 2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 836 | 816 | 20 | 20 | 1,020 | -18.0 | 908 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 264 | 258 | 6 | 6 | 329 | -19.8 | 289 | -8.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 572 | 558 | 14 | 14 | 691 | -17.2 | 619 | -7.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,958 | 1,898 | 60 | 60 | 2,303 | -15.0 | 2,019 | -3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region, except for the East, South Central, South Central Salt, and South Central Nonsalt regions are above the five-year average.
