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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending January 17, 2025   |   Released: January 23, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: January 30, 2025

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(01/17/24)
5-year average
(2020-24)
Region 01/17/25 01/10/25 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 613     669     -56     -56       674     -9.1     664     -7.7    
Midwest 744     808     -64     -64       812     -8.4     790     -5.8    
Mountain 229     240     -11     -11       198     15.7     163     40.5    
Pacific 269     283     -14     -14       236     14.0     217     24.0    
South Central 1,037     1,114     -77     -77       1,029     0.8     1,037     0.0    
   Salt 297     326     -29     -29       287     3.5     303     -2.0    
   Nonsalt 739     788     -49     -49       742     -0.4     735     0.5    
Total 2,892     3,115     -223     -223       2,949     -1.9     2,871     0.7    
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.


Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,892 Bcf as of Friday, January 17, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 223 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 57 Bcf less than last year at this time and 21 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,871 Bcf. At 2,892 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 2020 through 2024. 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 01/17/25 01/10/25   net change
East 0.8     0.7       0.7    
Midwest 0.8     0.8       0.7    
Mountain 2.3     2.4       0.4    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.8     0.8       0.9    
   Salt 1.4     1.4       0.5    
   Nonsalt 1.0     1.0       0.8    
Total 0.4     0.4       1.4