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07/11/2024 | Press release | Archived content

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN
Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) 		Year ago
(07/05/23) 		5-year average
(2019-23)
Region 07/05/24 06/28/24 net change implied flow Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 682 660 22 22 650 4.9 576 18.4
Midwest 800 779 21 21 719 11.3 661 21.0
Mountain 245 239 6 6 178 37.6 164 49.4
Pacific 289 282 7 7 222 30.2 258 12.0
South Central 1,183 1,174 9 9 1,146 3.2 1,036 14.2
Salt 327 326 1 1 325 0.6 291 12.4
Nonsalt 856 848 8 8 822 4.1 745 14.9
Total 3,199 3,134 65 65 2,916 9.7 2,695 18.7

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

Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,199 Bcf as of Friday, July 5, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 65 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 283 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 504 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,695 Bcf. At 3,199 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 07/05/24 06/28/24 net change
East 1.2 1.2 0.4
Midwest 0.8 0.8 0.5
Mountain 1.5 1.4 0.3
Pacific 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Central 0.6 0.6 0.4
Salt 1.5 1.5 0.2
Nonsalt 0.6 0.5 0.4
Total 0.4 0.4 0.8