Natural Gas Inventories as of October 2, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 75 Bcf as of October 2, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 3,831 Bcf as of Friday, October 2, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 75 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 444 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 394 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,437 Bcf.
At 3,831 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 (10/2/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 10/2/20 | 09/25/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 893 | 872 | 21 | 21 | 846 | 5.6 | 852 | 4.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,062 | 1,033 | 29 | 29 | 999 | 6.3 | 979 | 8.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 236 | 231 | 5 | 5 | 202 | 16.8 | 209 | 12.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 318 | 316 | 2 | 2 | 295 | 7.8 | 310 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,322 | 1,304 | 18 | 18 | 1,047 | 26.3 | 1,088 | 21.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 366 | 358 | 8 | 8 | 226 | 61.9 | 268 | 36.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 955 | 945 | 10 | 10 | 820 | 16.5 | 819 | 16.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,831 | 3,756 | 75 | 75 | 3,387 | 13.1 | 3,437 | 11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
