Natural Gas Inventories as of July 16, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 49 Bcf as of July 16, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,678 Bcf as of Friday, July 16, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 49 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 532 Bcf less than last year at this time and 176 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,854 Bcf.
At 2,678 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 (07/16/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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Region | 07/16/21 | 07/09/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 562 | 543 | 19 | 19 | 690 | -18.6 | 618 | -9.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 683 | 662 | 21 | 21 | 796 | -14.2 | 697 | -2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 183 | 180 | 3 | 3 | 189 | -3.2 | 178 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 247 | 250 | -3 | -3 | 311 | -20.6 | 290 | -14.8 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 1,002 | 995 | 7 | 7 | 1,222 | -18.0 | 1,071 | -6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 279 | 283 | -4 | -4 | 350 | -20.3 | 295 | -5.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 723 | 712 | 11 | 11 | 872 | -17.1 | 776 | -6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,678 | 2,629 | 49 | 49 | 3,210 | -16.6 | 2,854 | -6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
All regions, except for the Pacific and South Central Salt, experienced a net increase this week.
Only the Mountain region is above the five-year average.