Natural Gas Inventories as of May 26, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 110 Bcf as of May 26, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,446 Bcf as of Friday, May 26, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 110 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 557 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 349 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,097 Bcf.
At 2,446 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 (5/26/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 5/26/23 |
5/19/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 522 | 489 | 33 | 33 | 342 | 52.6 | 399 | 30.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 577 | 546 | 31 | 31 | 421 | 37.1 | 457 | 26.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 127 | 120 | 7 | 7 | 112 | 13.4 | 121 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 151 | 139 | 12 | 12 | 199 | -24.1 | 231 | -34.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,070 | 1,042 | 28 | 28 | 814 | 31.4 | 888 | 20.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 304 | 294 | 10 | 10 | 249 | 22.1 | 278 | 9.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 766 | 748 | 8 | 14 | 566 | 35.3 | 610 | 25.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,446 | 2,336 | 110 | 110 | 1,889 | 29.5 |
2,097 | 16.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions, except for the the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
