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05/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/02/2024 09:28

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN
Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) 		Year ago
(04/26/23) 		5-year average
(2019-23)
Region 04/26/24 04/19/24 net change implied flow Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 425 408 17 17 404 5.2 333 27.6
Midwest 564 551 13 13 477 18.2 406 38.9
Mountain 182 173 9 9 94 93.6 97 87.6
Pacific 240 235 5 5 97 147.4 173 38.7
South Central 1,073 1,057 16 16 975 10.1 832 29.0
Salt 314 309 5 5 277 13.4 261 20.3
Nonsalt 759 749 10 10 698 8.7 571 32.9
Total 2,484 2,425 59 59 2,048 21.3 1,842 34.9

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

Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,484 Bcf as of Friday, April 26, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 59 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 436 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 642 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,842 Bcf. At 2,484 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 04/26/24 04/19/24 net change
East 1.3 1.4 0.3
Midwest 0.7 0.7 0.6
Mountain 1.3 1.3 0.1
Pacific 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Central 0.6 0.6 0.6
Salt 1.5 1.5 0.4
Nonsalt 0.5 0.6 0.4
Total 0.4 0.4 0.8