Natural Gas Inventories as of February 28, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 109 Bcf as of February 28, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,091 Bcf as of Friday, February 28, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 109 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 680 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 176 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,915 Bcf.
At 2,091 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 (02/28/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 02/28/20 | 02/21/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 451 | 484 | -33 | -33 | 317 | 42.3 | 385 | 17.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 558 | 591 | -33 | -33 | 345 | 61.7 | 457 | 22.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 101 | 108 | -7 | -7 | 74 | 36.5 | 115 | -12.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 197 | 196 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 74.3 | 204 | -3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 784 | 821 | -37 | -37 | 563 | 39.3 | 753 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 229 | 244 | -15 | -15 | 183 | 25.1 | 224 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 555 | 578 | -23 | -23 | 380 | 46.1 | 530 | 4.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,091 | 2,200 | -109 | -109 | 1,411 | 48.2 | 1,915 | 9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region except the Mountain and Pacific regions, are above the five-year average. The Mountain region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 12.2% below the average.
