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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
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(03/08/23)
5-year average
(2019-23)
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.

Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with Five-Year Range

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 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