EIA - Natural Gas Storage Report - Apr 6
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 10:07 am
Working gas in storage was 1,830 Bcf as of Friday, March 31, 2023, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 23 Bcf from the previous week.
Stocks were 443 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 298 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,532 Bcf.
At 1,830 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
4th week in a row that storage draws have exceeded the five-year average, reducing deficit to the 5-year average by 105 Bcf during March.
We might see one more small draw for the week ending April 7. There is still some real winter weather up north.
The 5-year average is a build of 44 Bcf for first week of April, so we should see the surplus to the 5-year average shrink in April.
Attention should soon shift to the amount of natural gas being burned for power generation. Utilities that bring electricity to your home or business are going to do as much coal-to-ngas fuel switching they can at today's natural gas prices. This is just one of the ways the U.S. natural gas market will balance this quarter.
This represents a net decrease of 23 Bcf from the previous week.
Stocks were 443 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 298 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,532 Bcf.
At 1,830 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
4th week in a row that storage draws have exceeded the five-year average, reducing deficit to the 5-year average by 105 Bcf during March.
We might see one more small draw for the week ending April 7. There is still some real winter weather up north.
The 5-year average is a build of 44 Bcf for first week of April, so we should see the surplus to the 5-year average shrink in April.
Attention should soon shift to the amount of natural gas being burned for power generation. Utilities that bring electricity to your home or business are going to do as much coal-to-ngas fuel switching they can at today's natural gas prices. This is just one of the ways the U.S. natural gas market will balance this quarter.