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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending October 18, 2024   |   Released: October 24, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: October 31, 2024

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(10/18/23)
5-year average
(2019-23)
Region 10/18/24 10/11/24 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 901     893     8     8       905     -0.4     884     1.9    
Midwest 1,088     1,067     21     21       1,068     1.9     1,056     3.0    
Mountain 291     287     4     4       251     15.9     223     30.5    
Pacific 300     293     7     7       282     6.4     281     6.8    
South Central 1,205     1,166     39     39       1,173     2.7     1,174     2.6    
   Salt 314     293     21     21       295     6.4     298     5.4    
   Nonsalt 891     872     19     19       879     1.4     876     1.7    
Total 3,785     3,705     80     80       3,679     2.9     3,618     4.6    

Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,785 Bcf as of Friday, October 18, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 80 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 106 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 167 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,618 Bcf. At 3,785 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 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 10/18/24 10/11/24   net change
East 1.0     1.0       0.3    
Midwest 0.8     0.8       0.6    
Mountain 1.6     1.6       0.1    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.7     0.7       0.4    
   Salt 1.6     1.7       0.2    
   Nonsalt 0.8     0.8       0.3    
Total 0.4     0.4       0.8