Natural Gas Inventories as of July 29, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 41 Bcf as of July 29, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 2,457 Bcf as of Friday, July 29, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 41 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 268 Bcf less than last year at this time and 337 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,794 Bcf.
At 2,457 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 (7/29/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 7/29/22 | 7/21/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 549 | 532 | 17 | 17 | 601 | -8.7 | 626 | -12.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 643 | 625 | 18 | 18 | 717 | -10.3 | 709 | -9.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 147 | 144 | 3 | 3 | 184 | -20.1 | 178 | -17.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 253 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 3.7 | 273 | -7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 865 | 862 | 3 | 3 | 979 | -11.6 | 1,007 | -14.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 195 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 253 | -22.9 | 263 | -25.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 671 | 671 | 4 | 4 | 726 | -7.6 | 744 | -9.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,457 | 2,416 | 41 | 41 | 2,725 | -9.8 |
2,794 | -12.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except for the Pacific, and South Central Salt regions, which had no change, experienced an increase this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
