Natural Gas Inventories as of February 7, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 115 Bcf as of February 7, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,494 Bcf as of Friday, February 7, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 115 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 601 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 215 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,279 Bcf.
At 2,494 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 (02/07/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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Region | 02/07/20 | 01/31/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 569 | 598 | -29 | -29 | 447 | 27.3 | 498 | 14.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 694 | 725 | -31 | -31 | 496 | 39.9 | 587 | 18.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 126 | 136 | -10 | -10 | 96 | 31.3 | 131 | -3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 202 | 210 | -8 | -8 | 157 | 28.7 | 222 | -9.0 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 903 | 941 | -38 | -38 | 695 | 29.9 | 841 | 7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 269 | 281 | -12 | -12 | 247 | 8.9 | 259 | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 634 | 660 | -26 | -26 | 448 | 41.5 | 582 | 8.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,494 | 2,609 | -115 | -115 | 1,893 | 31.7 | 2,279 | 9.4 | |||||||||||||||||
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 Pacific region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 9.0% below the average.