Natural Gas Inventories as of August 20, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 29 Bcf as of August 20, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,851 Bcf as of Friday, August 20, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 29 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 563 Bcf less than last year at this time and 189 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,040 Bcf.
At 2,851 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 (08/20/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 08/20/21 | 08/13/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 661 | 645 | 16 | 16 | 771 | -14.3 | 716 | -7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 790 | 765 | 25 | 25 | 901 | -12.3 | 806 | -2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 188 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 212 | -11.3 | 192 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 241 | 240 | 1 | 1 | 307 | -21.5 | 286 | -15.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 970 | 984 | -14 | -14 | 1,223 | -20.7 | 1,040 | -6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 229 | 244 | -15 | -15 | 334 | -31.4 | 257 | -10.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 742 | 741 | 1 | 1 | 889 | -16.5 | 782 | -5.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,851 | 2,822 | 29 | 29 | 3,414 | -16.5 | 3,040 | -6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the South Central and South Central Salt, experienced a net increase this week. The Mountain region had no change.
No region is above the five-year average.
