Natural Gas Inventories as of August 26, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 61 Bcf as of August 26, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 2,640 Bcf as of Friday, August 26, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 61 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 228 Bcf less than last year at this time and 338 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,978 Bcf.
At 2,640 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 (8/26/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 8/26/22 | 8/19/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 614 | 598 | 16 | 16 | 676 | -9.2 | 711 | -13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 747 | 714 | 33 | 33 | 809 | -7.7 | 811 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 157 | 153 | 4 | 4 | 190 | -17.4 | 188 | -16.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 241 | 243 | -2 | -2 | 243 | -0.8 | 273 | -11.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 881 | 871 | 10 | 10 | 951 | -7.4 | 995 | -11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 185 | 184 | 1 | 1 | 216 | -14.4 | 239 | -22.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 686 | 687 | 9 | 9 | 735 | -5.3 | 756 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,640 | 2,579 | 61 | 61 | 2,868 | -7.9 |
2,978 | -11.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, experienced net increase, except for the Pacific region which experienced a net decrease.
All regions are below the five-year average.
