Compiled by Oil & Gas 360
Natural Gas Inventories as of September 6, 2019
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing another build of 78 Bcf as of September 6.
Working gas in storage was 3,019 Bcf as of Friday, September 6, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 78 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 393 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 77 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,096 Bcf. At 3,019 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
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At 3,019 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 (09/06/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
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| Region | 09/06/19 | 08/30/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 739 | 714 | 25 | 25 | 676 | 9.3 | 756 | -2.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 864 | 827 | 37 | 37 | 729 | 18.5 | 848 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 183 | 177 | 6 | 6 | 165 | 10.9 | 191 | -4.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 275 | 276 | -1 | -1 | 249 | 10.4 | 303 | -9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 958 | 947 | 11 | 11 | 805 | 19.0 | 997 | -3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 199 | 197 | 2 | 2 | 182 | 9.3 | 251 | -20.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 759 | 749 | 10 | 10 | 623 | 21.8 | 746 | 1.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,019 | 2,941 | 78 | 78 | 2,626 | 15.0 | 3,096 | -2.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
This week, storage for Pacific declined. All other regions experienced a net increase this week. Stocks in every region except the Midwest and South Central nonsalt are below the five-year average. The salt count in the South Central region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 20.7% below the average.
Source EIA
