Natural Gas Inventories as of May 14, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 71 Bcf as of May 14, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,100 Bcf as of Friday, May 14, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 71 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 391 Bcf less than last year at this time and 87 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,187 Bcf.
At 2,100 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 (05/14/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 05/14/21 | 05/07/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 358 | 347 | 11 | 11 | 467 | -23.3 | 3692 | -8.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 472 | 458 | 14 | 14 | 573 | -17.6 | 471 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 135 | 131 | 4 | 4 | 123 | 9.8 | 128 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 247 | 235 | 12 | 12 | 251 | -1.6 | 236 | 4.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 888 | 857 | 31 | 31 | 1,078 | -17.6 | 959 | -7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 280 | 269 | 11 | 11 | 344 | -18.6 | 304 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 608 | 588 | 20 | 20 | 734 | -17.2 | 656 | -7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,100 | 2,029 | 71 | 71 | 2,491 | -15.7 | 2,187 | -4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
