Natural Gas Inventories as of April 8, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 26 Bcf as of April 8, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 1,397 Bcf as of Friday, April 8, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 15 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 439 Bcf less than last year at this time and 303 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,700 Bcf.
At 1,397 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 (4/8/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 4/08/22 | 4/01/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 229 | 241 | -12 | -12 | 310 | -26.1 | 281 | -18.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 293 | 296 | -3 | -3 | 412 | -28.9 | 372 | -21.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 90 | 91 | -1 | -1 | 118 | -23.7 | 100 | -10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 169 | 165 | 4 | 4 | 204 | -17.2 | 185 | -8.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 617 | 589 | 28 | 28 | 794 | -22.3 | 763 | -19.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 186 | 173 | 13 | 13 | 249 | -25.3 | 240 | -22.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 431 | 416 | 15 | 15 | 545 | -20.9 | 523 | -17.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,397 | 1,382 | 15 | 15 | 1,836 | -23.9 |
1,700 | -17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Pacific, South Central, South Central Salt, and South Central Nonsalt regions, experienced an increase this week. The East, Midwest, and Pacific regions, experienced a net decrease this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
