Natural Gas Inventories as of May 29, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 102 Bcf as of May 29, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,714 Bcf as of Friday, May 29, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 102 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 762 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 422 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,292 Bcf.
At 2,714 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
Source: EIA
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (05/29/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 05/29/20 | 05/22/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 536 | 504 | 32 | 32 | 405 | 32.3 | 433 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 634 | 606 | 28 | 28 | 425 | 49.2 | 489 | 329.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 140 | 132 | 8 | 8 | 99 | 41.4 | 140 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 273 | 264 | 9 | 9 | 209 | 30.6 | 264 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,131 | 1,105 | 26 | 26 | 813 | 39.1 | 966 | 17.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 353 | 348 | 5 | 5 | 255 | 38.4 | 297 | 18.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 778 | 757 | 21 | 21 | 558 | 39.4 | 668 | 16.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,714 | 2,612 | 102 | 102 | 1,952 | 39.0 | 2,292 | 18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 region, are above the five-year average. The Mountain region is at par with the five-year average, at 0.0% with the average.
