Natural Gas Inventories as of July 1, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 60 Bcf as of July 1, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 2,311 Bcf as of Friday, July 1, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 60 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 261 Bcf less than last year at this time and 322 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,633 Bcf.
At 2,311 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 (7/01/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 7/1/22 | 6/24/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 482 | 461 | 21 | 21 | 520 | -7.3 | 548 | -12.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 562 | 535 | 27 | 27 | 636 | -11.6 | 627 | -10.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 138 | 134 | 4 | 4 | 176 | -21.6 | 164 | -15.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 240 | 235 | 5 | 5 | 246 | -2.4 | 272 | -11.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 890 | 886 | 4 | 4 | 993 | -10.4 | 1,023 | -13.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 233 | 242 | -9 | -9 | 287 | -18.8 | 297 | -21.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 657 | 644 | 13 | 13 | 706 | -6.9 | 726 | -9.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,311 | 2,251 | 60 | 60 | 2,572 | -10.1 |
2,633 | -12.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for South Central Salt, experienced an increase this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
