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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending July 5, 2024   |   Released: July 11, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: July 18, 2024

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(07/05/23)
5-year average
(2019-23)
Region 07/05/24 06/28/24 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 682     660     22     22       650     4.9     576     18.4    
Midwest 800     779     21     21       719     11.3     661     21.0    
Mountain 245     239     6     6       178     37.6     164     49.4    
Pacific 289     282     7     7       222     30.2     258     12.0    
South Central 1,183     1,174     9     9       1,146     3.2     1,036     14.2    
   Salt 327     326     1     1       325     0.6     291     12.4    
   Nonsalt 856     848     8     8       822     4.1     745     14.9    
Total 3,199     3,134     65     65       2,916     9.7     2,695     18.7    

Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,199 Bcf as of Friday, July 5, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 65 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 283 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 504 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,695 Bcf. At 3,199 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 07/05/24 06/28/24   net change
East 1.2     1.2       0.4    
Midwest 0.8     0.8       0.5    
Mountain 1.5     1.4       0.3    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.6     0.6       0.4    
   Salt 1.5     1.5       0.2    
   Nonsalt 0.6     0.5       0.4    
Total 0.4     0.4       0.8