Natural Gas Inventories as of April 3, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 38 Bcf as of April 3, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,024 Bcf as of Friday, April 3, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 38 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 876 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 324 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,700 Bcf.
At 2,024 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 (04/03/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 04/03/20 | 03/27/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 382 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 82.8 | 274 | 39.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 475 | 476 | -1 | -1 | 240 | 97.9 | 355 | 33.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 92 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 43.8 | 111 | -17.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 203 | 197 | 6 | 6 | 117 | 73.5 | 209 | -2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 872 | 840 | 32 | 32 | 517 | 68.7 | 751 | 16.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 265 | 256 | 9 | 9 | 163 | 62.6 | 215 | 17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 607 | 585 | 22 | 22 | 354 | 71.5 | 527 | 15.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,024 | 1,986 | 38 | 38 | 1,148 | 76.3 | 1,700 | 19.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 17.1% below the average.
