Natural Gas Inventories as of April 9, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 61 Bcf as of April 9, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 1,845 Bcf as of Friday, April 9, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 61 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 242 Bcf less than last year at this time and 11 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,834 Bcf.
At 1,845 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 (04/09/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 04/09/21 | 04/02/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 311 | 305 | 6 | 6 | 397 | -21.7 | 303 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 414 | 398 | 16 | 16 | 485 | -14.6 | 398 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 118 | 115 | 3 | 3 | 95 | 24.2 | 107 | 10.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 205 | 198 | 7 | 7 | 203 | 1.0 | 198 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 798 | 768 | 30 | 30 | 906 | -11.9 | 827 | -3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 251 | 235 | 16 | 16 | 283 | -11.3 | 258 | -2.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 547 | 533 | 14 | 14 | 623 | -12.2 | 569 | -3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,845 | 1,784 | 61 | 61 | 2,087 | -11.6 | 1,834 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 South Central, South Central Salt, and South Central Nonsalt regions are above the five-year average.
