Natural Gas Inventories as of April 14, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 75 Bcf as of April 14, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 1,930 Bcf as of Friday, April 14, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 75 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 488 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 329 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,601 Bcf.
At 1,930 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 (4/14/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 4/14/23 |
4/07/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 363 | 345 | 18 | 18 | 237 | 53.2 | 280 | 29.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 450 | 427 | 23 | 23 | 302 | 49.0 | 339 | 32.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 84 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 89 | -5.6 | 91 | -7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 83 | 74 | 9 | 9 | 169 | -50.9 | 178 | -53.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 949 | 929 | 20 | 20 | 645 | 47.1 | 714 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 266 | 261 | 5 | 5 | 199 | 33.7 | 225 | 18.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 684 | 667 | 17 | 17 | 446 | 53.4 | 489 | 39.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,930 | 1,855 | 75 | 75 | 1,442 | 33.8 |
1,601 | 20.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The South Central Salt region experienced a net decrease.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
