Natural Gas Inventories as of September 29, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 86 Bcf as of September 29, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 3,445 Bcf as of Friday, September 29, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 86 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 357 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 172 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,273 Bcf.
At 3,445 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 (9/29/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 9/29/23 |
9/22/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 847 | 821 | 26 | 26 | 751 | 12.8 | 807 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 991 | 962 | 29 | 29 | 911 | 8.8 | 949 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 239 | 234 | 5 | 5 | 183 | 30.6 | 200 | 19.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 278 | 271 | 7 | 7 | 246 | 13.0 | 273 | 1.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,090 | 1,071 | 19 | 19 | 997 | 9.3 | 1,044 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 259 | 250 | 9 | 9 | 222 | 16.7 | 249 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 830 | 821 | 9 | 9 | 775 | 7.1 | 796 | 4.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,445 | 3,359 | 86 | 86 | 3,088 | 11.6 |
3,273 | 5.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions are above the five-year average.
