Natural Gas Inventories as of September 11, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 89 Bcf as of September 11, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 3,614 Bcf as of Friday, September 11, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 89 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 535 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 421 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,193 Bcf.
At 3,614 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 (09/11/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 09/11/20 | 09/04/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 825 | 805 | 20 | 20 | 756 | 9.1 | 779 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 983 | 953 | 30 | 30 | 888 | 10.7 | 882 | 11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 221 | 216 | 5 | 5 | 187 | 18.2 | 197 | 12.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 310 | 308 | 2 | 2 | 278 | 11.5 | 299 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,276 | 1,243 | 33 | 33 | 969 | 31.7 | 1,036 | 23.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 349 | 335 | 14 | 14 | 200 | 74.5 | 251 | 39.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 927 | 908 | 19 | 19 | 770 | 20.4 | 785 | 18.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,614 | 3,525 | 89 | 89 | 3,079 | 17.4 | 3,193 | 13.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region are above the five-year average.
