Natural Gas Inventories as of August 27, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 20 Bcf as of August 27, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,871 Bcf as of Friday, August 27, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 20 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 579 Bcf less than last year at this time and 222 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,093 Bcf.
At 2,871 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 (08/27/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 08/27/21 | 08/20/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 678 | 661 | 17 | 17 | 787 | -13.9 | 738 | -8.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 812 | 790 | 22 | 22 | 921 | -11.8 | 834 | -2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 190 | 188 | 2 | 2 | 212 | -10.4 | 195 | -2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 243 | 241 | 2 | 2 | 304 | -20.1 | 287 | -15.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 948 | 970 | -22 | -22 | 1,225 | -22.6 | 1,039 | -8.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 214 | 229 | -15 | -15 | 331 | -35.3 | 253 | -15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 734 | 742 | -8 | -8 | 894 | -17.9 | 786 | -6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,871 | 2,851 | 20 | 20 | 3,450 | -16.8 | 3,093 | -7.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the South Central, South Central Salt and South Central Nonsalt, experienced a net increase this week.
No region is above the five-year average.
