Natural Gas Inventories as of January 24, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 201 Bcf as of January 24, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,746 Bcf as of Friday, January 24, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 201 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 524 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 193 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,553 Bcf.
At 2,746 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 (01/24/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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Region | 01/24/20 | 01/17/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 638 | 696 | -58 | -58 | 533 | 19.7 | 583 | 9.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 761 | 815 | -54 | -54 | 616 | 23.5 | 687 | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 143 | 151 | -8 | -8 | 115 | 24.3 | 144 | -0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 210 | 220 | -10 | -10 | 179 | 17.3 | 235 | -10.6 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 995 | 1,065 | -70 | -70 | 778 | 27.9 | 904 | 10.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 297 | 328 | -31 | -31 | 280 | 6.1 | 270 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 698 | 737 | -39 | -39 | 498 | 40.2 | 634 | 10.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,746 | 2,947 | -201 | -201 | 2,222 | 23.6 | 2,553 | 7.6 | |||||||||||||||||
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 10.6% below the average.