Natural Gas Inventories as of April 24, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 70 Bcf as of April 24, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,210 Bcf as of Friday, April 24, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 70 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 783 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 360 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,850 Bcf.
At 2,210 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 (04/24/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 04/24/20 | 04/17/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 405 | 400 | 5 | 5 | 271 | 49.4 | 306 | 32.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 506 | 493 | 13 | 13 | 283 | 78.8 | 373 | 35.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 103 | 96 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 39.2 | 117 | -12.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 218 | 210 | 8 | 8 | 148 | 47.3 | 224 | -2.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 979 | 941 | 38 | 38 | 652 | 50.2 | 830 | 18.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 314 | 301 | 13 | 13 | 218 | 44.0 | 259 | 21.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 664 | 640 | 24 | 24 | 434 | 53.0 | 571 | 16.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,210 | 2,140 | 70 | 70 | 1,427 | 54.9 | 1,850 | 19.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 12.0% below the average.
