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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.

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 2019 through 2023. 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 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