Natural Gas Inventories as of September 30, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 129 Bcf as of September 30, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 3,106 Bcf as of Friday, September 30, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 129 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 165 Bcf less than last year at this time and 264 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,370 Bcf.
At 3,106 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 (9/30/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 9/30/22 | 9/23/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 756 | 721 | 35 | 35 | 806 | -6.2 | 733 | -9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 916 | 879 | 37 | 37 | 966 | -5.2 | 970 | -5.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 184 | 176 | 8 | 8 | 205 | -10.2 | 208 | -11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 247 | 243 | 4 | 4 | 247 | 0.0 | 286 | -13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,003 | 958 | 45 | 45 | 1,048 | -4.3 | 1,074 | -6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 225 | 204 | 21 | 21 | 256 | -12.1 | 266 | -15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 778 | 754 | 24 | 24 | 792 | -1.8 | 808 | -3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,106 | 2,977 | 129 | 129 | 3,271 | -5.0 |
3,370 | -7.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, experienced net increase.
All regions are below the five-year average.
