Natural Gas Inventories as of October 7, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 125 Bcf as of October 7, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 3,231 Bcf as of Friday, October 7, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 125 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 126 Bcf less than last year at this time and 221 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,452 Bcf.
At 3,231 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 (10/7/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 10/7/22 | 09/30/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 782 | 756 | 26 | 26 | 831 | -5.9 | 856 | -8.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 952 | 916 | 36 | 36 | 993 | -4.1 | 1,001 | -4.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 190 | 184 | 6 | 6 | 209 | -9.1 | 211 | -10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 249 | 247 | 2 | 2 | 251 | 0.8 | 289 | -13.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,058 | 1,003 | 55 | 55 | 1,075 | -1.6 | 1,096 | -3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 253 | 225 | 28 | 28 | 268 | -5.6 | 275 | -8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 804 | 778 | 26 | 26 | 808 | -0.5 | 821 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,231 | 3,106 | 125 | 125 | 3,357 | -3.8 |
3,452 | -6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, experienced net increase.
All regions are below the five-year average.
