Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending July 19, 2024 | Released: July 25, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: August 1, 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 (07/19/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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Region | 07/19/24 | 07/12/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 697 | 686 | 11 | 11 | 667 | 4.5 | 607 | 14.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 827 | 814 | 13 | 13 | 752 | 10.0 | 703 | 17.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 251 | 248 | 3 | 3 | 188 | 33.5 | 172 | 45.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 289 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 24.6 | 263 | 9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 1,167 | 1,173 | -6 | -6 | 1,142 | 2.2 | 1,030 | 13.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 313 | 318 | -5 | -5 | 313 | 0.0 | 273 | 14.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 854 | 855 | -1 | -1 | 829 | 3.0 | 757 | 12.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 3,231 | 3,209 | 22 | 22 | 2,982 | 8.4 | 2,775 | 16.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,231 Bcf as of Friday, July 19, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 22 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 249 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 456 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,775 Bcf.
At 3,231 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.
![Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with Five-Year Range](ngs.gif)
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 | 07/19/24 | 07/12/24 | net change | ||||||||
East | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||