Natural Gas Inventories as of March 6, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 48 Bcf as of March 6, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,043 Bcf as of Friday, March 6, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 48 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 796 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 227 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,816 Bcf.
At 2,043 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 (03/06/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 03/06/20 | 02/28/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 426 | 451 | -25 | -25 | 276 | 54.3 | 353 | 20.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 529 | 558 | -29 | -29 | 302 | 75.2 | 424 | 24.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 97 | 101 | -4 | -4 | 68 | 42.6 | 112 | -13.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 200 | 197 | 3 | 3 | 105 | 90.5 | 199 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 791 | 784 | 7 | 7 | 497 | 59.2 | 727 | 8.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 235 | 229 | 6 | 6 | 144 | 63.2 | 212 | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 556 | 555 | 1 | 1 | 353 | 57.5 | 516 | 7.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,043 | 2,091 | -48 | -48 | 1,247 | 63.8 | 1,816 | 12.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 region, are above the five-year average. The Mountain region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 13.4% below the average.
