Natural Gas Inventories as of February 17, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 71 Bcf as of February 17, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,195 Bcf as of Friday, February 17, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 71 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 395 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 289 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,906 Bcf.
At 2,195 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 (2/17/22) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 2/17/23 |
2/10/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 479 | 498 | -19 | -19 | 402 | 19.2 | 427 | 12.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 575 | 601 | -26 | -26 | 457 | 25.8 | 490 | 17.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 106 | 114 | -8 | -8 | 106 | 0.0 | 108 | -1.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 108 | 122 | -14 | -14 | 176 | -38.6 | 187 | -42.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 926 | 931 | -5 | -5 | 660 | 40.3 | 693 | 33.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 262 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 55.0 | 197 | 33.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 664 | 670 | -6 | -6 | 491 | 35.2 | 496 | 33.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,195 | 2,266 | -71 | -71 | 1,800 | 21.9 |
1,906 | 15.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the South Central Salt, experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
