Natural Gas Inventories as of February 24, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 81 Bcf as of February 24, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,114 Bcf as of Friday, February 24, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 81 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 451 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 342 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,772 Bcf.
At 2,114 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 (2/24/22) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 2/24/23 |
2/17/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 451 | 479 | -28 | -28 | 363 | 24.2 | 390 | 15.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 544 | 575 | -31 | -31 | 411 | 32.4 | 446 | 22.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 99 | 106 | -7 | -7 | 97 | 2.1 | 100 | -1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 99 | 108 | -9 | -9 | 166 | -40.4 | 176 | -43.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 922 | 926 | -4 | -4 | 625 | 47.5 | 660 | 39.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 261 | 262 | -1 | -1 | 164 | 59.1 | 187 | 39.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 661 | 664 | -3 | -3 | 461 | 43.4 | 473 | 39.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,114 | 2,195 | -81 | -81 | 1,663 | 27.1 |
1,772 | 19.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
