Natural Gas Inventories as of April 10, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 73 Bcf as of April 10, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,097 Bcf as of Friday, April 10, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 73 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 876 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 370 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,727 Bcf.
At 2,097 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 (04/10/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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Region | 04/10/20 | 04/03/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 400 | 382 | 18 | 18 | 223 | 79.4 | 274 | 46.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 487 | 475 | 12 | 12 | 250 | 94.8 | 353 | 38.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 95 | 92 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 46.2 | 112 | -15.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 203 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 62.4 | 213 | -4.7 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 912 | 872 | 40 | 40 | 557 | 63.7 | 776 | 17.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 286 | 265 | 21 | 21 | 181 | 58.0 | 237 | 20.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 626 | 607 | 19 | 19 | 376 | 66.5 | 539 | 16.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,097 | 2,024 | 73 | 73 | 1,221 | 71.7 | 1,727 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
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 15.2% below the average.