Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending March 24, 2023 | Released: March 30, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: April 6, 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 (03/24/22) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 03/24/23 | 03/17/23 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 343 | 355 | -12 | -12 | 268 | 28.0 | 285 | 20.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 437 | 461 | -24 | -24 | 317 | 37.9 | 346 | 26.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 82 | 84 | -2 | -2 | 89 | -7.9 | 89 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 73 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 160 | -54.4 | 164 | -55.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 917 | 927 | -10 | -10 | 578 | 58.7 | 648 | 41.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 262 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 56.9 | 194 | 35.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 655 | 664 | -9 | -9 | 411 | 59.4 | 453 | 44.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,853 | 1,900 | -47 | -47 | 1,411 | 31.3 | 1,532 | 21.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,853 Bcf as of Friday, March 24, 2023, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 47 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 442 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 321 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,532 Bcf.
At 1,853 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 | 03/24/23 | 03/17/23 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||