Natural Gas Inventories as of August 21, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 45 Bcf as of August 21, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 3,420 Bcf as of Friday, August 21, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 45 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 580 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 438 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,982 Bcf.
At 3,420 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 (08/21/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 08/21/20 | 08/14/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 775 | 750 | 25 | 25 | 676 | 14.6 | 709 | 9.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 904 | 880 | 24 | 24 | 781 | 15.7 | 783 | 15.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 212 | 209 | 3 | 3 | 172 | 23.3 | 187 | 13.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 306 | 313 | -7 | -7 | 277 | 10.5 | 294 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,223 | 1,223 | 0 | 0 | 934 | 30.9 | 1,009 | 21.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 334 | 335 | -1 | -1 | 201 | 66.2 | 247 | 35.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 889 | 888 | 1 | 1 | 734 | 21.1 | 762 | 16.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,420 | 3,375 | 45 | 45 | 2,840 | 20.4 | 2,982 | 14.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except for the Pacific and South Central Salt, experienced a net increase this week. South Central had no change.
Stocks in every region are above the five-year average.
