Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending May 26, 2023 | Released: June 1, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: June 8, 2023
Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (05/26/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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Region | 05/26/23 | 05/19/23 | 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 | 18 | 18 | 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. |
Summary
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.
For information on sampling error in this report, see Estimated Measures of Sampling Variability table below.

Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2018 through 2022. The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.
Estimated measures of sampling variabilityDownload History (April 2015 to Present) | |||||||||||
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Coefficient of Variation for Stocks % of working gas |
Standard Error for Net Change billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
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Region | 05/26/23 | 05/19/23 | net change | ||||||||
East | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Midwest | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||||||||