Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending November 22, 2024 | Released: November 27, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. | Next Release: December 5, 2024
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (11/22/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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| Region | 11/22/24 | 11/15/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 929 | 931 | -2 | -2 | 916 | 1.4 | 895 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,134 | 1,140 | -6 | -6 | 1,113 | 1.9 | 1,080 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 292 | 293 | -1 | -1 | 253 | 15.4 | 221 | 32.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 310 | 313 | -3 | -3 | 297 | 4.4 | 280 | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,301 | 1,291 | 10 | 10 | 1,254 | 3.7 | 1,223 | 6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 353 | 347 | 6 | 6 | 340 | 3.8 | 331 | 6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 948 | 944 | 4 | 4 | 915 | 3.6 | 893 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,967 | 3,969 | -2 | -2 | 3,833 | 3.5 | 3,700 | 7.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,967 Bcf as of Friday, November 22, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 2 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 134 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 267 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,700 Bcf.
At 3,967 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) | |||||||||||
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| Coefficient of Variation for Stocks % of working gas |
Standard Error for Net Change billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
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| Region | 11/22/24 | 11/15/24 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.8 | 2.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||||||||