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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending March 15, 2024 | Released: March 21, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: March 28, 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 (03/15/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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Region | 03/15/24 | 03/08/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 406 | 412 | -6 | -6 | 365 | 11.2 | 323 | 25.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 551 | 561 | -10 | -10 | 469 | 17.5 | 397 | 38.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 166 | 167 | -1 | -1 | 85 | 95.3 | 88 | 88.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 216 | 213 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 200.0 | 144 | 50.0 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 993 | 972 | 21 | 21 | 929 | 6.9 | 701 | 41.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 300 | 294 | 6 | 6 | 263 | 14.1 | 202 | 48.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 694 | 678 | 16 | 16 | 665 | 4.4 | 499 | 39.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,332 | 2,325 | 7 | 7 | 1,921 | 21.4 | 1,654 | 41.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,332 Bcf as of Friday, March 15, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 7 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 411 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 678 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,654 Bcf.
At 2,332 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.
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 | 03/15/24 | 03/08/24 | net change | ||||||||
East | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | ||||||||