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03/28/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/28/2024 08:47

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN
Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) 		Year ago
(03/22/23) 		5-year average
(2019-23)
Region 03/22/24 03/15/24 net change implied flow Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 387 406 -19 -19 346 11.8 308 25.6
Midwest 528 551 -23 -23 444 18.9 380 38.9
Mountain 166 166 0 0 83 100.0 87 90.8
Pacific 223 216 7 7 73 205.5 145 53.8
South Central 991 993 -2 -2 920 7.7 706 40.4
Salt 294 300 -6 -6 262 12.2 208 41.3
Nonsalt 698 694 4 4 658 6.1 498 40.2
Total 2,296 2,332 -36 -36 1,866 23.0 1,627 41.1

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

Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,296 Bcf as of Friday, March 22, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 36 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 430 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 669 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,627 Bcf. At 2,296 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 03/22/24 03/15/24 net change
East 1.3 1.3 0.3
Midwest 0.6 0.6 0.3
Mountain 1.2 1.2 0.1
Pacific 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Central 0.6 0.6 0.5
Salt 1.4 1.3 0.4
Nonsalt 0.6 0.6 0.3
Total 0.4 0.4 0.7