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04/18/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/18/2024 08:56

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN
Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) 		Year ago
(04/12/23) 		5-year average
(2019-23)
Region 04/12/24 04/05/24 net change implied flow Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 379 362 17 17 358 5.9 307 23.5
Midwest 528 512 16 16 443 19.2 380 38.9
Mountain 167 165 2 2 83 101.2 90 85.6
Pacific 230 229 1 1 80 187.5 158 45.6
South Central 1,029 1,014 15 15 943 9.1 775 32.8
Salt 300 299 1 1 265 13.2 238 26.1
Nonsalt 729 714 15 15 679 7.4 537 35.8
Total 2,333 2,283 50 50 1,909 22.2 1,711 36.4

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

Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,333 Bcf as of Friday, April 12, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 50 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 424 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 622 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,711 Bcf. At 2,333 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 04/12/24 04/05/24 net change
East 1.3 1.3 0.7
Midwest 0.6 0.6 0.5
Mountain 1.2 1.2 0.1
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 1.0