Natural Gas Inventories as of July 31, 2020
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 33 Bcf as of July 31, 2020.
Working gas in storage was 3,274 Bcf as of Friday, July 31, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 33 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 601 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 429 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,845 Bcf.
At 3,274 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 (07/31/19) |
5-year average (2015-19) |
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| Region | 07/31/20 | 07/24/20 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 718 | 706 | 12 | 12 | 608 | 18.1 | 645 | 11.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 830 | 815 | 15 | 15 | 694 | 19.6 | 707 | 17.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 202 | 196 | 6 | 6 | 160 | 26.3 | 179 | 12.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 311 | 313 | -2 | -2 | 271 | 14.8 | 293 | 6.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,214 | 1,211 | 3 | 3 | 939 | 29.3 | 1,021 | 18.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 336 | 339 | -3 | -3 | 222 | 51.4 | 266 | 26.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 878 | 872 | 6 | 6 | 716 | 22.6 | 754 | 16.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,274 | 3,241 | 33 | 33 | 2,673 | 22.5 | 2,845 | 15.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
Stocks in every region are above the five-year average.
