Natural Gas Inventories as of May 5, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 78 Bcf as of May 5, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 2,141 Bcf as of Friday, May 5, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 78 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 509 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 332 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,809 Bcf.
At 2,141 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 (5/05/23) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 5/05/23 |
4/28/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 422 | 410 | 12 | 12 | 271 | 55.7 | 322 | 31.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 497 | 481 | 16 | 16 | 339 | 46.6 | 379 | 31.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 104 | 95 | 9 | 9 | 95 | 9.5 | 102 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 114 | 100 | 14 | 14 | 182 | -37.4 | 202 | -43.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,002 | 977 | 25 | 25 | 745 | 34.5 | 803 | 24.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 287 | 278 | 9 | 9 | 240 | 19.6 | 257 | 11.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 715 | 699 | 16 | 16 | 504 | 41.9 | 546 | 31.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,141 | 2,063 | 78 | 78 | 1,632 | 31.2 |
1,809 | 18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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.
