Natural Gas Inventories as of August 5, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 44 Bcf as of August 5, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 2,501 Bcf as of Friday, August 5, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 44 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 268 Bcf less than last year at this time and 338 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,839 Bcf.
At 2,501 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 (8/05/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 8/05/22 | 7/29/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 564 | 549 | 15 | 15 | 625 | -9.8 | 647 | -12.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 663 | 643 | 20 | 20 | 738 | -10.2 | 732 | -9.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 148 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 185 | -20.0 | 181 | -18.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 252 | 253 | -1 | -1 | 241 | 4.6 | 272 | -7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 874 | 865 | 9 | 9 | 979 | -10.7 | 1,007 | -13.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 193 | 195 | -2 | -2 | 247 | -21.9 | 259 | -25.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 681 | 671 | 10 | 10 | 731 | -6.8 | 749 | -9.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,501 | 2,457 | 44 | 44 | 2,769 | -9.7 |
2,839 | -11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except for the Pacific, and South Central Salt regions, which had no change, experienced an increase this week.
All regions are below the five-year average.
