Natural Gas Inventories as of March 20, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 29 Bcf as of March 20, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,005 Bcf as of Friday, March 20, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 29 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 888 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 292 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,713 Bcf.
At 2,005 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 (03/20/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 03/20/20 | 03/13/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 398 | 412 | -14 | -14 | 231 | 72.3 | 301 | 32.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 492 | 512 | -20 | -20 | 254 | 93.7 | 379 | 29.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 92 | 96 | -4 | -4 | 62 | 48.4 | 110 | -16.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 194 | 199 | -5 | -5 | 102 | 90.2 | 201 | -3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 829 | 814 | 15 | 15 | 468 | 77.1 | 723 | 14.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 258 | 247 | 11 | 11 | 136 | 89.7 | 209 | 23.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 571 | 568 | 3 | 3 | 331 | 72.5 | 514 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,005 | 2,034 | -29 | -29 | 1,117 | 79.5 | 1,713 | 17.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 16.4% below the average.
