Natural Gas Inventories as of May 21, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 115 Bcf as of May 21, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,215 Bcf as of Friday, May 21, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 115 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 381 Bcf less than last year at this time and 63 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,278 Bcf.
At 2,215 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 (05/21/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 05/21/21 | 05/14/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 385 | 358 | 27 | 27 | 499 | -22.8 | 419 | -8.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 499 | 472 | 27 | 27 | 602 | -17.1 | 497 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 144 | 135 | 9 | 9 | 131 | 9.9 | 134 | 7.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 256 | 247 | 9 | 9 | 262 | -2.3 | 245 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 931 | 888 | 43 | 43 | 1,102 | -15.5 | 983 | -5.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 296 | 280 | 16 | 16 | 348 | -14.9 | 308 | -3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 635 | 608 | 27 | 27 | 754 | -15.8 | 675 | -5.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,215 | 2,100 | 115 | 115 | 2,596 | -14.7 | 2,278 | -2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region, except for the East, South Central, South Central Salt, and South Central Nonsalt regions are above the five-year average.
