Natural Gas Inventories as of April 17, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 43 Bcf as of April 17, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 2,140 Bcf as of Friday, April 17, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 43 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 827 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 364 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,776 Bcf.
At 2,140 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 (04/17/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 04/17/20 | 04/10/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 400 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 63.9 | 285 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 493 | 487 | 6 | 6 | 261 | 88.9 | 360 | 36.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 96 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 39.1 | 114 | -15.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 210 | 203 | 7 | 7 | 135 | 55.6 | 217 | -3.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 941 | 912 | 29 | 29 | 603 | 56.1 | 801 | 17.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 301 | 286 | 15 | 15 | 199 | 51.3 | 247 | 21.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 640 | 626 | 14 | 14 | 405 | 58.0 | 554 | 15.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,140 | 2,097 | 43 | 43 | 1,313 | 63.0 | 1,776 | 20.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 and Pacific regions, are above the five-year average. The Mountain region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 15.8% below the average.
