Natural Gas Inventories as of December 22, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 87 Bcf as of December 22, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 3,490 Bcf as of Friday, December 22, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 87 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 348 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 316 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,174 Bcf.
At 3,490 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 (12/22/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 12/22/23 |
12/15/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 805 | 834 | -29 | -29 | 753 | 6.9 | 765 | 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 985 | 1,021 | -36 | -36 | 910 | 8.2 | 913 | 7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 232 | 236 | -4 | -4 | 168 | 38.1 | 177 | 31.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 280 | 283 | -3 | -3 | 188 | 66.7 | 236 | 18.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,187 | 1,203 | -16 | -16 | 1,145 | 3.7 | 1,084 | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 329 | 331 | -2 | -2 | 325 | 1.2 | 315 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 858 | 872 | -14 | -14 | 819 | 4.8 | 769 | 11.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,490 | 3,577 | -87 | -87 | 3,142 | 11.1 |
3,174 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
All regions experienced a net decrease.
All regions are above the five-year average.
