Natural Gas Inventories as of January 13, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 82 Bcf as of January 13, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,820 Bcf as of Friday, January 13, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 82 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 19 Bcf less than last year at this time and 34 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,786 Bcf.
At 2,820 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 (1/13/22) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 1/13/23 | 12/30/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 662 | 700 | -38 | -38 | 678 | -2.4 | 658 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 785 | 823 | -38 | -38 | 779 | 0.8 | 775 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 147 | 153 | -6 | -6 | 152 | -3.3 | 154 | -4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 157 | 160 | -3 | -3 | 201 | -21.9 | 228 | -31.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,069 | 1,067 | 2 | 2 | 1,029 | 3.9 | 971 | 10.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 307 | 295 | 12 | 12 | 311 | -1.3 | 288 | 6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 762 | 772 | -10 | -10 | 718 | 6.1 | 684 | 11.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,820 | 2,902 | -82 | -82 | 2,839 | -0.7 |
2,786 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the South Central and South Central Salt regions experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
