Natural Gas Inventories as of September 20, 2019
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing another build of 102 Bcf as of September 20.
Working gas in storage was 3,205 Bcf as of Friday, September 20, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 102 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 444 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 47 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,252 Bcf. At 3,205 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
At 3,205 Bcf, total working gas is at 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 (09/20/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
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| Region | 09/20/19 | 09/13/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 794 | 763 | 31 | 31 | 726 | 9.4 | 803 | -1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 934 | 898 | 36 | 36 | 796 | 17.3 | 913 | 2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 194 | 188 | 6 | 6 | 173 | 12.1 | 198 | -2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 286 | 279 | 7 | 7 | 258 | 10.9 | 309 | -7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 998 | 974 | 24 | 24 | 809 | 23.4 | 1,030 | -3.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 207 | 200 | 7 | 7 | 175 | 18.3 | 261 | -20.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 790 | 774 | 16 | 16 | 634 | 24.6 | 769 | 2.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,205 | 3,103 | 102 | 102 | 2,761 | 16.1 | 3,252 | -1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase this week. Stocks in every region except the Midwest and South Central nonsalt are below the five-year average. The salt count in the South Central region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 20.7% below the average.
