Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending August 16, 2024 | Released: August 22, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: August 29, 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 (08/16/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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Region | 08/16/24 | 08/09/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 735 | 723 | 12 | 12 | 727 | 1.1 | 676 | 8.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 888 | 869 | 19 | 19 | 826 | 7.5 | 790 | 12.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 263 | 260 | 3 | 3 | 205 | 28.3 | 185 | 42.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 288 | 287 | 1 | 1 | 241 | 19.5 | 262 | 9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 1,125 | 1,125 | 0 | 0 | 1,078 | 4.4 | 1,017 | 10.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 280 | 286 | -6 | -6 | 263 | 6.5 | 245 | 14.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 845 | 839 | 6 | 6 | 815 | 3.7 | 772 | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 3,299 | 3,264 | 35 | 35 | 3,078 | 7.2 | 2,930 | 12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,299 Bcf as of Friday, August 16, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 35 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 221 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 369 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,930 Bcf.
At 3,299 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](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 | 08/16/24 | 08/09/24 | net change | ||||||||
East | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.1 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | ||||||||