Natural Gas Inventories as of April 28, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 54 Bcf as of April 28, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,063 Bcf as of Friday, April 28, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 54 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 507 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 341 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,722 Bcf.
At 2,063 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 (4/28/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 4/28/23 |
4/21/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 410 | 390 | 20 | 20 | 251 | 63.3 | 301 | 36.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 481 | 468 | 13 | 13 | 322 | 49.4 | 360 | 33.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 95 | 90 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 3.3 | 97 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 100 | 90 | 10 | 10 | 175 | -42.9 | 193 | -48.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 977 | 971 | 6 | 6 | 715 | 36.6 | 772 | 26.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 278 | 275 | 3 | 3 | 230 | 20.9 | 247 | 12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 699 | 695 | 4 | 4 | 486 | 43.8 | 525 | 33.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,063 | 2,009 | 54 | 54 | 1,556 | 32.6 |
1,722 | 19.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
