Natural Gas Inventories as of March 17, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 72 Bcf as of March 17, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 1,900 Bcf as of Friday, March 17, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 72 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 504 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 351 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,549 Bcf.
At 1,900 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 (3/17/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 3/17/23 |
3/10/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 355 | 391 | -36 | -36 | 271 | 31.0 | 299 | 18.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 461 | 490 | -29 | -29 | 321 | 43.6 | 361 | 27.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 84 | 87 | -3 | -3 | 87 | -3.4 | 89 | -5.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 72 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 157 | -54.1 | 163 | -55.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 927 | 933 | -6 | -6 | 561 | 65.2 | 637 | 45.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 262 | 266 | -4 | -4 | 156 | 67.9 | 187 | 40.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 664 | 667 | -3 | -3 | 405 | 64.0 | 449 | 47.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,900 | 1,972 | -72 | -72 | 1,396 | 36.1 |
1,549 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the Pacific region experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
