Natural Gas Inventories as of May 7, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 71 Bcf as of May 7, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,029 Bcf as of Friday, May 7, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 71 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 378 Bcf less than last year at this time and 72 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,101 Bcf.
At 2,029 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 (05/07/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 05/07/21 | 04/30/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 347 | 332 | 15 | 15 | 448 | -22.5 | 369 | -6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 458 | 442 | 16 | 16 | 551 | -16.9 | 448 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 131 | 124 | 7 | 7 | 116 | 12.9 | 122 | 7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 235 | 224 | 11 | 11 | 238 | -1.3 | 227 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 857 | 836 | 21 | 21 | 1,054 | -18.7 | 934 | -8.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 269 | 264 | 5 | 5 | 339 | -20.6 | 297 | -9.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 588 | 572 | 16 | 16 | 716 | -17.9 | 637 | -7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,029 | 1,958 | 71 | 71 | 2,407 | -15.7 | 2,101 | -3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
