Natural Gas Inventories as of April 21, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 79 Bcf as of April 21 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,009 Bcf as of Friday, April 21, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 79 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 525 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 365 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,644 Bcf.
At 2,009 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 (4/21/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 4/21/23 |
4/14/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 390 | 363 | 27 | 27 | 238 | 63.9 | 286 | 36.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 468 | 450 | 18 | 18 | 308 | 51.9 | 344 | 36.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 90 | 84 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 0.0 | 93 | -3.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 90 | 83 | 7 | 7 | 171 | -47.4 | 184 | -51.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 971 | 949 | 22 | 22 | 677 | 43.4 | 738 | 31.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 275 | 266 | 9 | 9 | 213 | 29.1 | 234 | 17.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 695 | 684 | 11 | 11 | 464 | 49.8 | 504 | 37.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,009 | 1,930 | 79 | 79 | 1,484 | 35.4 |
1,644 | 22.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions, except for the Mountain, and the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
