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10/06/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/06/2022 08:51

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN
Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) 		Year ago
(09/30/21) 		5-year average
(2017-21)
Region 09/30/22 09/23/22 net change implied flow Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 756 721 35 35 806 -6.2 833 -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.

Summary

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.

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 2017 through 2021. 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 09/30/22 09/23/22 net change
East 0.8 0.8 0.6
Midwest 0.8 0.8 0.4
Mountain 1.9 2.0 0.1
Pacific 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Central 0.7 0.7 0.5
Salt 1.0 1.1 0.3
Nonsalt 0.8 0.9 0.4
Total 0.4 0.4 0.9