Natural Gas Inventories as of September 2, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 54 Bcf as of September 2, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 2,694 Bcf as of Friday, September 2, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 54 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 222 Bcf less than last year at this time and 349 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,043 Bcf.
At 2,694 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 (9/02/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 9/02/22 | 8/26/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 635 | 614 | 21 | 21 | 699 | -9.2 | 735 | -13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 776 | 747 | 29 | 29 | 838 | -7.4 | 843 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 159 | 157 | 2 | 2 | 191 | -16.8 | 191 | -16.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 238 | 241 | -3 | -3 | 243 | -2.1 | 274 | -13.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 887 | 881 | 6 | 6 | 944 | -6.0 | 1,001 | -11.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 182 | 185 | -3 | -3 | 209 | -12.9 | 238 | -23.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 705 | 686 | 9 | 9 | 735 | -4.1 | 762 | -7.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,694 | 2,640 | 54 | 54 | 2,916 | -7.6 |
3,043 | -11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, experienced net increase, except for the Pacific and South Central Salt regions which experienced a net decrease.
All regions are below the five-year average.
