Natural Gas Inventories as of March 13, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 9 Bcf as of March 13, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,034 Bcf as of Friday, March 13, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 9 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 878 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 281 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,753 Bcf.
At 2,034 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 (03/13/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 03/13/20 | 03/06/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 412 | 426 | -14 | -14 | 250 | 64.8 | 325 | 26.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 512 | 529 | -17 | -17 | 273 | 87.5 | 400 | 28.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 96 | 97 | -1 | -1 | 63 | 52.4 | 110 | -12.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 199 | 200 | -1 | -1 | 98 | 103.1 | 198 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 814 | 791 | 23 | 23 | 472 | 72.5 | 721 | 12.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 247 | 235 | 12 | 12 | 133 | 85.7 | 209 | 18.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 568 | 556 | 12 | 12 | 338 | 68.0 | 512 | 10.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,034 | 2,043 | -9 | -9 | 1,156 | 76.0 | 1,753 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 region, are above the five-year average. The Mountain region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 12.7% below the average.
