Natural Gas Inventories as of May 28, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 98 Bcf as of May 28, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,313 Bcf as of Friday, May 28, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 98 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 386 Bcf less than last year at this time and 61 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,374 Bcf.
At 2,313 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 (05/28/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 05/28/21 | 05/21/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 413 | 385 | 28 | 28 | 531 | -22.2 | 448 | -7.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 522 | 499 | 23 | 23 | 630 | -17.1 | 526 | -0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 151 | 144 | 7 | 7 | 139 | 8.6 | 140 | 7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 268 | 256 | 12 | 12 | 272 | -1.5 | 254 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 959 | 931 | 28 | 28 | 1,127 | -14.9 | 1,007 | -4.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 300 | 296 | 4 | 4 | 352 | -14.8 | 312 | -3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 659 | 635 | 24 | 24 | 775 | -15.0 | 695 | -5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,313 | 2,215 | 98 | 98 | 2,699 | -14.3 | 2,374 | -2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, experienced a net increase this week.
Only the Mountain and Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
