Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending December 1, 2023 | Released: December 7, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: December 14, 2023
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 (12/01/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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Region | 12/01/23 | 11/24/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 876 | 915 | -39 | -39 | 835 | 4.9 | 848 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 1,082 | 1,111 | -29 | -29 | 1,030 | 5.0 | 1,021 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 245 | 252 | -7 | -7 | 194 | 26.3 | 200 | 22.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 289 | 298 | -9 | -9 | 218 | 32.6 | 266 | 8.6 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 1,228 | 1,260 | -32 | -32 | 1,190 | 3.2 | 1,150 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 334 | 343 | -9 | -9 | 325 | 2.8 | 320 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 894 | 917 | -23 | -23 | 864 | 3.5 | 829 | 7.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 3,719 | 3,836 | -117 | -117 | 3,465 | 7.3 | 3,485 | 6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,719 Bcf as of Friday, December 1, 2023, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 117 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 254 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 234 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,485 Bcf.
At 3,719 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 2018 through 2022. 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 | 12/01/23 | 11/24/23 | net change | ||||||||
East | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | ||||||||