Natural Gas Inventories as of February 21, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 143 Bcf as of February 21, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,200 Bcf as of Friday, February 21, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 143 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 637 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 179 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,021 Bcf.
At 2,200 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 (02/21/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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Region | 02/21/20 | 02/14/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 484 | 527 | -43 | -43 | 360 | 34.4 | 415 | 16.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 591 | 639 | -48 | -48 | 392 | 50.8 | 494 | 19.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 108 | 117 | -9 | -9 | 80 | 35.0 | 121 | -10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 196 | 198 | -2 | -2 | 124 | 58.1 | 211 | -7.1 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 821 | 861 | -40 | -40 | 605 | 35.7 | 779 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 244 | 257 | -13 | -13 | 203 | 20.2 | 234 | 4.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 578 | 605 | -27 | -27 | 403 | 43.4 | 545 | 6.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,200 | 2,343 | -143 | -143 | 1,563 | 40.8 | 2,021 | 8.9 | |||||||||||||||||
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 10.7% below the average.