Natural Gas Inventories as of June 7, 2019
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a build of 102 Bcf as of June 7.
Working gas in storage was 2,088 Bcf as of Friday, June 7, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 102 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 189 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 230 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,318 Bcf.
At 2,088 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 (06/07/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
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Region | 06/07/19 | 05/31/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 440 | 414 | 26 | 26 | 373 | 18.0 | 456 | -3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 469 | 436 | 33 | 33 | 368 | 27.4 | 502 | -6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 111 | 101 | 10 | 10 | 124 | -10.5 | 147 | -24.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 227 | 213 | 14 | 14 | 238 | -4.6 | 270 | -15.9 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 842 | 821 | 21 | 21 | 796 | 5.8 | 942 | -10.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 256 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 2.0 | 286 | -10.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 586 | 565 | 21 | 21 | 544 | 7.7 | 656 | -10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,088 | 1,986 | 102 | 102 | 1,899 | 10.0 | 2,318 | -9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
All regions saw a build this week, however South Central salt remained flat. Stocks in every region are below the five-year average. Gas in storage in the Mountain region is the farthest below the five-year average for the area, at 24.5% below the average.