Natural Gas Inventories as of December 16, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 87 Bcf as of December 16, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 3,325 Bcf as of Friday, December 16, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 87 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 45 Bcf less than last year at this time and 22 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,303 Bcf.
At 3,325 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 (12/16/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 12/16/22 | 12/09/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 789 | 822 | -33 | -33 | 810 | -2.6 | 796 | -0.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 974 | 1,002 | -28 | -28 | 966 | 0.8 | 951 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 178 | 186 | -8 | -8 | 190 | -6.3 | 188 | -5.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 186 | 203 | -17 | -17 | 249 | -25.3 | 267 | -30.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,199 | 1,199 | 0 | 0 | 1,155 | 3.8 | 1,108 | 8.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 340 | 337 | 3 | 3 | 333 | 2.1 | 317 | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 858 | 862 | -4 | -4 | 821 | 4.5 | 785 | 9.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,325 | 3,412 | -87 | -87 | 3,370 | -1.3 |
3,303 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for South Central, and South Central Salt experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the East, Mountain and Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
