Natural Gas Inventories as of July 9, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 55 Bcf as of July 9, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,629 Bcf as of Friday, July 9, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 55 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 543 Bcf less than last year at this time and 189Bcf below the five-year average of 2,818 Bcf.
At 2,629 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 (07/09/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 07/09/21 | 07/02/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 543 | 521 | 22 | 22 | 670 | -19.0 | 598 | -9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 662 | 638 | 24 | 24 | 777 | -14.8 | 678 | -2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 180 | 177 | 3 | 3 | 185 | -2.7 | 175 | 2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 250 | 246 | 4 | 4 | 312 | -19.9 | 290 | -13.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 995 | 991 | 4 | 4 | 1,228 | -19.0 | 1,078 | -7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 283 | 286 | -3 | -3 | 360 | -21.4 | 305 | -7.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 712 | 705 | 7 | 7 | 868 | -18.0 | 7773 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,629 | 2,574 | 55 | 55 | 3,172 | -17.1 | 2,818 | -6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the South Central Salt, experienced a net increase this week.
Only the Mountain region is above the five-year average.
