Natural Gas Inventories as of May 12, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 99 Bcf as of May 12, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,240 Bcf as of Friday, May 12, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 99 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 521 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 340 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,900 Bcf.
At 2,240 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
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| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (5/12/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 5/12/23 |
5/05/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 458 | 422 | 36 | 36 | 293 | 56.3 | 345 | 32.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 520 | 497 | 23 | 23 | 361 | 44.0 | 402 | 29.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 112 | 104 | 8 | 8 | 102 | 9.8 | 108 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 127 | 114 | 13 | 13 | 186 | -31.7 | 212 | -40.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,023 | 1,002 | 21 | 21 | 776 | 31.8 | 833 | 22.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 290 | 287 | 3 | 3 | 250 | 16.0 | 266 | 9.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 734 | 715 | 19 | 19 | 528 | 39.0 | 567 | 29.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,240 | 2,141 | 99 | 99 | 1,719 | 30.3 |
1,900 | 17.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
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