Natural Gas Inventories as of August 25, 2023
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 32 Bcf as of August 25, 2023.
Working gas in storage was 3,115 Bcf as of Friday, August 25, 2023, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 32 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 484 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 249 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,866 Bcf.
At 3,115 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 (8/25/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 8/25/23 |
8/18/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 751 | 731 | 20 | 20 | 612 | 22.7 | 680 | 10.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 853 | 831 | 22 | 22 | 742 | 15.0 | 788 | 8.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 213 | 206 | 7 | 7 | 156 | 36.5 | 178 | 19.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 248 | 242 | 6 | 6 | 241 | 2.9 | 261 | -5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,050 | 1,072 | -22 | -22 | 880 | 19.3 | 959 | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 249 | 260 | -11 | -11 | 185 | 34.6 | 224 | 11.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 801 | 813 | -12 | -12 | 695 | 15.3 | 735 | 9.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,115 | 3,083 | 32 | 32 | 2,631 | 18.4 |
2,866 | 8.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase, except for the South Central, South Central Salt and South Central Nonsalt.
All regions, except for the the Pacific regions are above the five-year average.
