Natural Gas Inventories as of September 8, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 57 Bcf as of September 8, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 3,205 Bcf as of Friday, September 8, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 57 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 445 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 203 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,002 Bcf.
At 3,205 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 (9/08/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 9/08/23 |
9/01/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 775 | 766 | 9 | 9 | 657 | 18.0 | 725 | 6.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 904 | 877 | 27 | 27 | 804 | 12.4 | 851 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 225 | 218 | 7 | 7 | 162 | 38.9 | 185 | 21.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 260 | 252 | 8 | 8 | 235 | 10.6 | 262 | -0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,041 | 1,035 | 6 | 6 | 902 | 15.4 | 978 | 6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 241 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 29.6 | 225 | 7.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 801 | 795 | 6 | 6 | 714 | 12.0 | 753 | 6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,205 | 3,148 | 57 | 57 | 2,760 | 16.1 |
3,002 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase, except for the South Central, South Central Salt and South Central Nonsalt.
All regions, except for the the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
