Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending December 13, 2024 | Released: December 19, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: December 27, 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 (12/13/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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| Region | 12/13/24 | 12/06/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 822 | 856 | -34 | -34 | 841 | -2.3 | 833 | -1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,007 | 1,055 | -48 | -48 | 1,031 | -2.3 | 1,002 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 274 | 282 | -8 | -8 | 238 | 15.1 | 204 | 34.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 296 | 302 | -6 | -6 | 285 | 3.9 | 262 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,222 | 1,251 | -29 | -29 | 1,208 | 1.2 | 1,189 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 338 | 340 | -2 | -2 | 332 | 1.8 | 333 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 884 | 911 | -27 | -27 | 875 | 1.0 | 856 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,622 | 3,747 | -125 | -125 | 3,602 | 0.6 | 3,490 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,622 Bcf as of Friday, December 13, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 125 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 20 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 132 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,490 Bcf.
At 3,622 Bcf, total working gas is within 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 | 12/13/24 | 12/06/24 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | ||||||||