Natural Gas Inventories as of March 10, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 58 Bcf as of March 10, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 1,972 Bcf as of Friday, March 10, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 58 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 521 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 378 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,594 Bcf.
At 1,972 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 (3/10/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 3/10/23 |
3/03/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 391 | 416 | -25 | -25 | 294 | 33.0 | 322 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 490 | 515 | -25 | -25 | 341 | 43.7 | 383 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 87 | 92 | -5 | -5 | 88 | -1.1 | 91 | -4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 72 | 81 | -9 | -9 | 156 | -58.3 | 165 | -56.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 933 | 925 | 8 | 8 | 573 | 62.8 | 632 | 47.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 266 | 261 | 5 | 5 | 158 | 68.4 | 181 | 47.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 667 | 664 | 3 | 3 | 415 | 60.7 | 451 | 47.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,972 | 2,030 | -58 | -58 | 1,451 | 35.9 |
1,594 | 23.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for South Central, South Central Salt, and South Central Nonsalt experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
