Natural Gas Inventories as of July 21, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 16 Bcf as of July 21, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,987 Bcf as of Friday, July 21, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 16 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 573 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 345 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,642 Bcf.
At 2,987 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 (7/21/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 7/21/23 |
7/14/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 670 | 661 | 9 | 9 | 530 | 26.4 | 584 | 14.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 757 | 741 | 16 | 16 | 623 | 21.5 | 663 | 14.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 189 | 186 | 3 | 3 | 144 | 31.3 | 164 | 15.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 232 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 253 | -8.3 | 267 | -13.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,139 | 1,150 | -11 | -11 | 864 | 31.8 | 964 | 18.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 310 | 321 | -11 | -11 | 197 | 57.4 | 251 | 23.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 829 | 829 | 0 | 0 | 667 | 24.3 | 714 | 16.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,987 | 2,971 | 16 | 16 | 2,414 | 23.7 |
2,642 | 13.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase, except for the South Central, and South Central Salt and South Central Nonsalt.
All regions, except for the the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
