Natural Gas Inventories as of May 19, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 96 Bcf as of May 19, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,336 Bcf as of Friday, May 19, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 96 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 529 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 340 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,996Bcf.
At 2,336 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 (5/19/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 5/19/23 |
5/12/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 489 | 458 | 31 | 31 | 321 | 52.3 | 370 | 32.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 546 | 520 | 26 | 26 | 390 | 40.0 | 428 | 27.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 120 | 112 | 8 | 8 | 108 | 11.1 | 115 | 4.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 139 | 127 | 12 | 12 | 192 | -27.6 | 222 | -37.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,042 | 1,023 | 19 | 19 | 796 | 30.9 | 861 | 21.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 294 | 290 | 4 | 4 | 252 | 16.7 | 273 | 7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 748 | 734 | 14 | 14 | 545 | 37.2 | 588 | 27.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,336 | 2,240 | 96 | 96 | 1,807 | 29.3 |
1,996 | 17.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions, except for the the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
