US Natural Gas Storage Rises Less than Expected: EIA

US energy firms added 15 billion cubic feet of natural gas to storage in the week ended August 21, below market expectations of 20 bcf and marking a smaller increase than both the 17 bcf injection recorded during the same period last year and the five-year average of 33 bcf. The latest build also slowed slightly from the 16 bcf increase reported for the week ending August 14. Total inventories rose to 3.184 trillion cubic feet, leaving stockpiles around 0.9% below levels seen a year earlier but still approximately 5.5% above the five-year average for this time of year.

US energy firms added 16 billion cubic feet of natural gas into storage in the week ending August 14, below market expectations of 19 bcf. It compares with an injection of 19 bcf during the same week a year ago and an average increase for that week of 29 bcf over the past five years (2021-2025). Stockpiles increased to 3.169 trillion cubic feet, 0.9% below the same week a year ago and about 6.2% above the five-year average for the week. In the prior week ended August 7, energy firms added 36 bcf of gas into storage.

US energy firms added 36 billion cubic feet of natural gas into storage in the week ending August 7, above market expectations of 31 bcf. It compares with an injection of 49 bcf during the same week a year ago and an average increase for that week of 33 bcf over the past five years (2021-2025). Stockpiles increased to 3.153 trillion cubic feet, 0.8% below the same week a year ago and about 6.7% above the five-year average for the week. In the prior week ended July 31, energy firms added 33 bcf of gas into storage.