Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending November 15, 2024 | Released: November 21, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: November 27, 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 (11/15/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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| Region | 11/15/24 | 11/08/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 931 | 943 | -12 | -12 | 922 | 1.0 | 909 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,140 | 1,141 | -1 | -1 | 1,117 | 2.1 | 1,094 | 4.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 293 | 291 | 2 | 2 | 255 | 14.9 | 224 | 30.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 313 | 312 | 1 | 1 | 295 | 6.1 | 281 | 11.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,291 | 1,285 | 6 | 6 | 1,239 | 4.2 | 1,223 | 5.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 347 | 346 | 1 | 1 | 331 | 4.8 | 328 | 5.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 944 | 939 | 5 | 5 | 908 | 4.0 | 896 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,969 | 3,972 | -3 | -3 | 3,828 | 3.7 | 3,730 | 6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,969 Bcf as of Friday, November 15, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 3 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 141 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 239 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,730 Bcf.
At 3,969 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.
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) | |||||||||||
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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 | 11/15/24 | 11/08/24 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||||||||