Natural Gas Inventories as of February 3, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 217 Bcf as of February 3, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,366 Bcf as of Friday, February 3, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 217 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 233 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 117 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,249 Bcf.
At 2,366 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 (2/03/22) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 2/03/23 | 1/27/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 529 | 578 | -49 | -49 | 493 | 7.3 | 513 | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 641 | 708 | -67 | -67 | 561 | 14.3 | 600 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 120 | 132 | -12 | -12 | 123 | -2.4 | 128 | -6.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 124 | 140 | -16 | -16 | 183 | -32.2 | 206 | -39.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 951 | 1,025 | -74 | -74 | 774 | 22.9 | 803 | 18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 271 | 297 | -26 | -26 | 210 | 29.0 | 236 | 48.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 680 | 757 | -48 | -48 | 563 | 20.8 | 567 | 19.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,366 | 2,583 | -217 | -217 | 2,133 | 10,9 |
2,249 | 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
