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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
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(05/26/22)
5-year average
(2018-22)
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.

Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with Five-Year Range

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)
   
Coefficient of Variation for Stocks
% of working gas
  Standard Error for Net Change
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
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