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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
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(12/01/22)
5-year average
(2018-22)
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.

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 2018 through 2022. 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 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