Natural Gas Inventories as of July 2, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 16 Bcf as of July 2, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,574 Bcf as of Friday, July 2, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 16 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 551 Bcf less than last year at this time and 190 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,764 Bcf.
At 2,574 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 (07/02/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 07/02/21 | 06/25/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 521 | 513 | 8 | 8 | 654 | -20.3 | 578 | -9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 638 | 623 | 15 | 15 | 758 | -15.8 | 656 | -2.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 177 | 173 | 4 | 4 | 179 | -1.1 | 170 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 246 | 244 | 2 | 2 | 309 | -20.4 | 286 | -14.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 991 | 1,005 | -14 | -14 | 1,225 | -19.1 | 1,075 | -7.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 286 | 296 | -10 | -10 | 365 | -21.6 | 310 | -7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 705 | 709 | -4 | -4 | 861 | -18.1 | 765 | -7.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,574 | 2,558 | 16 | 16 | 3,125 | -17.6 | 2,764 | -6.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the South Central, South Central Salt and South Central Nonsalt, experienced a net increase this week.
Only the Mountain region is above the five-year average.
