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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending March 8, 2024 | Released: March 14, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: March 21, 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 (03/08/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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Region | 03/08/24 | 03/01/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 412 | 422 | -10 | -10 | 398 | 3.5 | 345 | 19.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 561 | 575 | -14 | -14 | 497 | 12.9 | 418 | 34.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 167 | 169 | -2 | -2 | 88 | 89.8 | 91 | 83.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 213 | 219 | -6 | -6 | 75 | 184.0 | 147 | 44.9 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 972 | 949 | 23 | 23 | 931 | 4.4 | 695 | 39.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 294 | 285 | 9 | 9 | 265 | 10.9 | 195 | 50.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 678 | 664 | 14 | 14 | 666 | 1.8 | 501 | 35.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,325 | 2,334 | -9 | -9 | 1,989 | 16.9 | 1,696 | 37.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,325 Bcf as of Friday, March 8, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 9 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 336 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 629 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,696 Bcf.
At 2,325 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 | 03/08/24 | 03/01/24 | net change | ||||||||
East | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||||||||