EIA Natural Gas Report: For the week ending October 9, total U.S. natural gas inventories were 3,567 billion cubic feet, an increase of 67 billion cubic feet from the previous week, a decrease of 143 billion cubic feet from the same period last year, a year-on-year decrease of 3.9%, and 45 billion cubic feet higher than the 5-year average, an increase of 1.3%.