Natural Gas Inventories as of September 17, 2021
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 76 Bcf as of September 17 2021.
Working gas in storage was 3,082 Bcf as of Friday, September 17, 2021, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 76 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 589 Bcf less than last year at this time and 229 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,311 Bcf.
At 3,082 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 (09/17/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 09/17/21 | 09/10/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 751 | 732 | 19 | 19 | 847 | -11.3 | 807 | -6.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 904 | 876 | 28 | 28 | 1,005 | -10.0 | 928 | -2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 196 | 193 | 3 | 3 | 224 | -12.5 | 206 | -4.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 314 | -23.1 | 294 | -18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 990 | 965 | 25 | 25 | 1,282 | -22.8 | 1,075 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 228 | 217 | 11 | 11 | 349 | -34.7 | 263 | -13.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 762 | 748 | 14 | 14 | 933 | -18.3 | 812 | -6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,082 | 3,006 | 76 | 76 | 3,671 | -16.0 | 3,311 | -6.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the Pacific region, experienced a net increase this week.
No region is above the five-year average.
