Natural Gas Inventories as of May 22, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 109 Bcf as of May 22, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,612 Bcf as of Friday, May 22, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 109 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 778 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 423 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,189 Bcf.
At 2,612 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 (05/22/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 05/22/20 | 05/15/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 504 | 469 | 35 | 35 | 374 | 34.8 | 403 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 606 | 576 | 30 | 30 | 389 | 55.8 | 459 | 32.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 132 | 124 | 8 | 8 | 92 | 43.5 | 134 | -1.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 264 | 253 | 11 | 11 | 195 | 35.4 | 254 | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,105 | 1,081 | 24 | 24 | 784 | 40.9 | 939 | 17.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 348 | 345 | 3 | 3 | 252 | 38.1 | 291 | 19.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 757 | 737 | 20 | 20 | 532 | 42.3 | 648 | 16.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,612 | 2,503 | 109 | 109 | 1,834 | 42.4 | 2,189 | 19.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 Mountain region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 1.5% below the average.
