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04/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/25/2024 08:52

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN
Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) 		Year ago
(04/19/23) 		5-year average
(2019-23)
Region 04/19/24 04/12/24 net change implied flow Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 408 379 29 29 382 6.8 319 27.9
Midwest 551 528 23 23 463 19.0 391 40.9
Mountain 173 167 6 6 88 96.6 93 86.0
Pacific 235 230 5 5 88 167.0 164 43.3
South Central 1,057 1,029 28 28 965 9.5 803 31.6
Salt 309 300 9 9 272 13.6 249 24.1
Nonsalt 749 729 20 20 692 8.2 553 35.4
Total 2,425 2,333 92 92 1,986 22.1 1,770 37.0

Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,425 Bcf as of Friday, April 19, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 92 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 439 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 655 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,770 Bcf. At 2,425 Bcf, total working gas is above 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 2019 through 2023. 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 04/19/24 04/12/24 net change
East 1.4 1.3 0.8
Midwest 0.7 0.6 0.6
Mountain 1.3 1.2 0.2
Pacific 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Central 0.6 0.6 0.5
Salt 1.5 1.5 0.4
Nonsalt 0.6 0.6 0.3
Total 0.4 0.4 1.2