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18/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 18/07/2024 22:16

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN
Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) 		Year ago
(07/12/23) 		5-year average
(2019-23)
Region 07/12/24 07/05/24 net change implied flow Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 686 682 4 4 659 4.1 592 15.9
Midwest 814 800 14 14 736 10.6 684 19.0
Mountain 248 245 3 3 184 34.8 169 46.7
Pacific 289 289 0 0 230 25.7 262 10.3
South Central 1,173 1,183 -10 -10 1,149 2.1 1,037 13.1
Salt 318 327 -9 -9 322 -1.2 283 12.4
Nonsalt 855 856 -1 -1 828 3.3 753 13.5
Total 3,209 3,199 10 10 2,959 8.4 2,744 16.9

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

Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,209 Bcf as of Friday, July 12, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 10 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 250 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 465 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,744 Bcf. At 3,209 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 07/12/24 07/05/24 net change
East 1.2 1.2 0.4
Midwest 0.8 0.8 0.2
Mountain 1.5 1.5 0.3
Pacific 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Central 0.6 0.6 0.6
Salt 1.5 1.5 0.5
Nonsalt 0.6 0.6 0.4
Total 0.4 0.4 0.8