Natural Gas Inventories as of October 13, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 97 Bcf as of October 13, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 3,626 Bcf as of Friday, October 13, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 84 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 300 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 175 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,451 Bcf.
At 3,626 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 (10/13/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 10/13/23 |
10/06/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 896 | 874 | 22 | 22 | 808 | 10.9 | 855 | 4.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,050 | 1,021 | 29 | 29 | 982 | 6.9 | 1,012 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 248 | 244 | 4 | 4 | 194 | 27.8 | 206 | 20.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 280 | 278 | 2 | 2 | 249 | 12.4 | 277 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,152 | 1,112 | 40 | 40 | 1,093 | 5.4 | 1,101 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 285 | 267 | 18 | 18 | 268 | 6.3 | 273 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 868 | 845 | 23 | 23 | 825 | 5.2 | 827 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,626 | 3,529 | 97 | 97 | 3,326 | 9.0 |
3,451 | 5.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase, except for the Pacific region with no change.
All regions are above the five-year average.
