Natural Gas Inventories as of October 6, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 86 Bcf as of October 6, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 3,529 Bcf as of Friday, October 6, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 84 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 316 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 163 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,366 Bcf.
At 3,529 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 (10/06/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 10/06/23 |
9/29/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 874 | 847 | 27 | 27 | 778 | 12.3 | 832 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,021 | 991 | 30 | 30 | 947 | 7.8 | 981 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 244 | 239 | 5 | 5 | 189 | 29.1 | 204 | 19.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 278 | 278 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 11.6 | 275 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,112 | 1,090 | 22 | 22 | 1,050 | 5.9 | 1,074 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 267 | 259 | 8 | 8 | 249 | 7.2 | 262 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 845 | 830 | 15 | 15 | 800 | 5.6 | 812 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,529 | 3,445 | 84 | 84 | 3,213 | 9.8 |
3,366 | 4.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
