Natural Gas Inventories as of July 30, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 13 Bcf as of July 30, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,727 Bcf as of Friday, July 30, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 13 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 542 Bcf less than last year at this time and 185 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,912 Bcf.
At 2,727 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 (07/30/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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Region | 07/30/21 | 07/23/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 604 | 583 | 21 | 21 | 716 | -15.6 | 655 | -7.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 719 | 702 | 17 | 17 | 828 | -13.2 | 734 | -2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 184 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 201 | -8.5 | 184 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 244 | 246 | -2 | -2 | 311 | -21.5 | 287 | -15.0 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 976 | 999 | -23 | -23 | 1,214 | -19.6 | 1,053 | -7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 250 | 269 | -19 | -19 | 336 | -25.6 | 276 | -9.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 726 | 729 | -3 | -3 | 877 | -17.2 | 777 | -6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,727 | 2,714 | 13 | 13 | 3,269 | -16.6 | 2,912 | -6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
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. The Mountain region had no change.
No region is above the five-year average.