Natural Gas Inventories as of July 17, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 37 Bcf as of July 17, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 3,215 Bcf as of Friday, July 17, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 37 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 656 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 436 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,779 Bcf.
At 3,215 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 (07/17/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 07/17/20 | 07/10/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 693 | 672 | 21 | 21 | 571 | 21.4 | 607 | 14.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 799 | 780 | 19 | 19 | 643 | 24.3 | 667 | 19.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 190 | 186 | 4 | 4 | 150 | 26.7 | 174 | 9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 311 | 312 | -1 | -1 | 270 | 15.2 | 295 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,221 | 1,228 | -7 | -7 | 923 | 32.3 | 1,036 | 17.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 349 | 359 | -10 | -10 | 234 | 49.1 | 284 | 22.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 872 | 869 | 3 | 3 | 689 | 26.6 | 752 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,215 | 3,178 | 37 | 37 | 2,559 | 25.6 | 2,779 | 15.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except for the Pacific, South Central, South Central Salt experienced a net increase this week.
Stocks in every region are above the five-year average.
