Natural Gas Inventories as of January 17, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 92 Bcf as of January 17, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,947 Bcf as of Friday, January 17, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 92 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 554 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 251 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,696 Bcf.
At 2,947 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 (01/17/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 01/17/20 | 01/10/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 696 | 716 | -20 | -20 | 574 | 21.3 | 625 | 11.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 815 | 851 | -36 | -36 | 681 | 19.7 | 736 | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 151 | 161 | -10 | -10 | 122 | 23.8 | 150 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 220 | 235 | -15 | -15 | 187 | 17.6 | 244 | -9.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,065 | 1,076 | -11 | -11 | 828 | 28.6 | 940 | 13.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 328 | 320 | 8 | 8 | 296 | 10.8 | 276 | 18.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 737 | 756 | -19 | -19 | 532 | 38.5 | 664 | 11.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,947 | 3,039 | -92 | -92 | 2,393 | 23.2 | 2,696 | 9.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except for South Central Salt, experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region except the Pacific, are above the five-year average. The Pacific region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 9.8% below the average.
