Natural Gas Inventories as of March 3, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 84 Bcf as of March 3, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,030 Bcf as of Friday, March 3, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 84 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 493 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 359 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,671 Bcf.
At 2,030 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 (3/03/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 3/03/23 |
2/24/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 416 | 451 | -35 | -35 | 323 | 28.8 | 354 | 17.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 515 | 544 | -29 | -29 | 370 | 39.2 | 411 | 25.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 92 | 99 | -7 | -7 | 93 | -1.1 | 95 | -3.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 81 | 99 | -18 | -18 | 162 | -50.0 | 170 | -52.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 925 | 922 | -3 | 3 | 587 | 57.6 | 640 | 44.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 261 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 70.6 | 182 | 43.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 664 | 661 | 3 | 3 | 435 | 52.6 | 458 | 45.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,030 | 2,114 | -84 | -84 | 1,537 | 32.1 |
1,671 | 21.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for South Central Nonsalt experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
