Natural Gas Inventories as of July 23, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 36 Bcf as of July 23, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,714 Bcf as of Friday, July 23, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 36 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 523 Bcf less than last year at this time and 168 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,882 Bcf.
At 2,714 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 (07/23/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 07/23/21 | 07/16/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 583 | 562 | 21 | 21 | 704 | -17.2 | 636 | -8.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 702 | 683 | 19 | 19 | 813 | -13.7 | 715 | -1.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 184 | 183 | 1 | 1 | 195 | -5.6 | 181 | 1.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 246 | 247 | -1 | -1 | 313 | -21.4 | 289 | -14.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 999 | 1,002 | -3 | -3 | 1,212 | -17.6 | 1,060 | -5.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 269 | 279 | -10 | -10 | 340 | -20.9 | 283 | -4.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 729 | 723 | 6 | 6 | 872 | -16.4 | 776 | -6.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,714 | 2,678 | 36 | 36 | 3,237 | -16.2 | 2,882 | -5.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
