Natural Gas Inventories as of January 31, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 137 Bcf as of January 31, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,609 Bcf as of Friday, January 31, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 137 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 615 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 199 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,410 Bcf.
At 2,609 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 (01/31/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 01/31/20 | 01/24/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 598 | 638 | -40 | -40 | 476 | 25.6 | 539 | 10.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 725 | 761 | -36 | -36 | 534 | 35.8 | 636 | 14.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 136 | 143 | -7 | -7 | 106 | 28.3 | 137 | -0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 210 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 21.4 | 228 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 941 | 995 | -54 | -54 | 703 | 33.9 | 869 | 8.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 281 | 297 | -16 | -16 | 246 | 14.2 | 263 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 660 | 698 | -38 | -38 | 457 | 44.4 | 606 | 8.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,609 | 2,746 | -137 | -137 | 1,994 | 30.8 | 2,410 | 8.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except the Pacific region with no change, experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region except the Mountain and Pacific regions, are above the five-year average. The Pacific region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 7.9% below the average.
