Natural Gas Inventories as of October 29, 2019
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a decrease of 19 Bcf as of October 29, 2019.
Working gas in storage was 3,591 Bcf as of Friday, November 29, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 19 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 591 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 9 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,600 Bcf.
At 3,519 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 (11/29/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
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| Region | 11/29/19 | 11/22/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 891 | 894 | -3 | -3 | 756 | 17.9 | 857 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,040 | 1,052 | -12 | -12 | 917 | 13.4 | 1,035 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 200 | 204 | -4 | -4 | 168 | 19.0 | 206 | -2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 286 | 293 | -7 | -7 | 253 | 13.0 | 320 | -10.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,174 | 1,166 | 8 | 8 | 906 | 29.6 | 1,183 | -0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 316 | 303 | 13 | 13 | 262 | 20.6 | 343 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 858 | 863 | -5 | -5 | 644 | 33.2 | 839 | 2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,519 | 3,610 | -19 | -19 | 3,000 | 19.7 | 3,600 | -0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except South Central and South Central nonsalt experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region except the East, Midwest, and South Central nonsalt are below the five-year average. The salt count in the Pacific region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 10.6% below the average.
