Natural Gas Inventories as of August 14, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 43 Bcf as of August 14, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 3,375 Bcf as of Friday, August 14, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 43 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 595 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 442 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,933 Bcf.
At 3,375 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 (08/14/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 08/14/20 | 08/07/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 750 | 738 | 12 | 12 | 653 | 14.9 | 688 | 9.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 880 | 856 | 24 | 24 | 751 | 17.2 | 757 | 16.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 209 | 206 | 3 | 3 | 167 | 25.1 | 184 | 13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 313 | 314 | -1 | -1 | 273 | 14.7 | 293 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,223 | 1,219 | 4 | 4 | 936 | 30.7 | 1,012 | 20.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 335 | 337 | -2 | -2 | 208 | 61.1 | 253 | 32.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 888 | 883 | 5 | 5 | 729 | 21.8 | 758 | 17.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,375 | 3,332 | 43 | 43 | 2,780 | 21.4 | 2,933 | 15.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
Stocks in every region are above the five-year average.
