‹ See All Natural Gas Reports
Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending March 22, 2024 | Released: March 28, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: April 4, 2024
Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (03/22/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Region | 03/22/24 | 03/15/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 387 | 406 | -19 | -19 | 346 | 11.8 | 308 | 25.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 528 | 551 | -23 | -23 | 444 | 18.9 | 380 | 38.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 166 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 100.0 | 87 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 223 | 216 | 7 | 7 | 73 | 205.5 | 145 | 53.8 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 991 | 993 | -2 | -2 | 920 | 7.7 | 706 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 294 | 300 | -6 | -6 | 262 | 12.2 | 208 | 41.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 698 | 694 | 4 | 4 | 658 | 6.1 | 498 | 40.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,296 | 2,332 | -36 | -36 | 1,866 | 23.0 | 1,627 | 41.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,296 Bcf as of Friday, March 22, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 36 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 430 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 669 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,627 Bcf.
At 2,296 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.
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 | 03/22/24 | 03/15/24 | net change | ||||||||
East | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||