Natural Gas Inventories as of May 20, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 80 Bcf as of May 20 2022.
Working gas in storage was 1,812 Bcf as of Friday, May 20, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 80 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 387 Bcf less than last year at this time and 327 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,139 Bcf.
At 1,812 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 (5/20/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 5/20/22 | 5/13/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 325 | 296 | 29 | 29 | 381 | -14.7 | 388 | -16.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 391 | 364 | 27 | 27 | 495 | -21.0 | 467 | -16.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 109 | 103 | 6 | 6 | 143 | -23.8 | 128 | -14.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 190 | 187 | 3 | 3 | 255 | -25.5 | 235 | -19.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 797 | 781 | 16 | 16 | 925 | -13.8 | 921 | -13.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 251 | 251 | 0 | 0 | 294 | -14.6 | 292 | -14.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 546 | 531 | 15 | 15 | 631 | -13.5 | 630 | -13.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,812 | 1,732 | 80 | 80 | 2,199 | -17.6 |
2,139 | -15.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for South Central Salt which had no change, experienced an increase this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
