Natural Gas Inventories as of December 29, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 14 Bcf as of December 29, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 3,476 Bcf as of Friday, December 29, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 14 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 553 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 399 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,077 Bcf.
At 3,476 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 (12/29/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 12/29/23 |
12/22/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 799 | 805 | -6 | -6 | 699 | 14.3 | 736 | 8.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 968 | 985 | -17 | -17 | 848 | 14.2 | 877 | 10.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 228 | 232 | -4 | -4 | 158 | 44.3 | 170 | 34.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 280 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 69.7 | 228 | 22.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,201 | 1,187 | 14 | 14 | 1,054 | 13.9 | 1,066 | 12.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 344 | 329 | 15 | 15 | 278 | 23.7 | 313 | 9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 857 | 858 | -1 | -1 | 776 | 10.4 | 753 | 13.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,476 | 3,490 | -14 | -14 | 2,923 | 18.9 |
3,077 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease, except for the Pacific region with no change and South Central and South Central Salt with a net increase.
All regions are above the five-year average.
