Natural Gas Inventories as of May 1, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 109 Bcf as of May 1, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,319 Bcf as of Friday, May 1, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 109 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 796 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 395 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,924 Bcf.
At 2,319 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 (05/01/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 05/01/20 | 04/24/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 424 | 405 | 19 | 19 | 293 | 44.7 | 326 | 30.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 530 | 506 | 24 | 24 | 304 | 74.3 | 388 | 36.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 111 | 103 | 8 | 8 | 77 | 44.2 | 120 | -7.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 228 | 218 | 10 | 10 | 159 | 43.4 | 232 | -1.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,027 | 979 | 48 | 48 | 690 | 48.8 | 859 | 19.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 331 | 314 | 17 | 17 | 231 | 43.3 | 269 | 23.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 695 | 664 | 31 | 31 | 459 | 51.4 | 589 | 18.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,319 | 2,210 | 109 | 109 | 1,523 | 52.3 | 1,924 | 20.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 7.5% below the average.
