Natural Gas Inventories as of August 6, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 49 Bcf as of August 6, 2021.
Working gas in storage was 2,776 Bcf as of Friday, August 6, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 49 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 548 Bcf less than last year at this time and 178 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,954 Bcf.
At 2,776 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 (08/06/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 08/06/21 | 07/30/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 629 | 604 | 25 | 25 | 735 | -14.4 | 674 | -6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 741 | 719 | 22 | 22 | 852 | -13.0 | 757 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 185 | 184 | 1 | 1 | 205 | -9.8 | 187 | -1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 241 | 244 | -3 | -3 | 314 | -23.2 | 286 | -15.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 979 | 976 | 3 | 3 | 1,218 | -19.6 | 1,050 | -6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 247 | 250 | -3 | -3 | 337 | -26.7 | 271 | -8.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 732 | 726 | 6 | 6 | 882 | -17.0 | 779 | -6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,776 | 2,727 | 49 | 49 | 3,324 | -16.5 | 2,954 | -6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the Pacific and South Central Salt, experienced a net increase this week. The Mountain region had no change.
No region is above the five-year average.
