Natural Gas Inventories as of May 15, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 81 Bcf as of May 15, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,503 Bcf as of Friday, May 15, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 81 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 779 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 407 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,096 Bcf.
At 2,503 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 (05/15/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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Region | 05/15/20 | 05/08/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 469 | 452 | 17 | 17 | 346 | 35.5 | 376 | 24.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 576 | 554 | 22 | 22 | 356 | 61.8 | 432 | 33.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 124 | 117 | 7 | 7 | 87 | 42.5 | 129 | -3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 253 | 240 | 13 | 13 | 183 | 38.3 | 246 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 1,081 | 1,059 | 22 | 22 | 753 | 43.6 | 913 | 18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 345 | 340 | 5 | 5 | 246 | 40.2 | 286 | 20.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 737 | 719 | 18 | 18 | 507 | 45.4 | 627 | 17.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,503 | 2,422 | 81 | 81 | 1,724 | 45.2 | 2,096 | 19.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
All regions experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region except the Mountain and Pacific regions, are above the five-year average. The Mountain region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 3.9% below the average.