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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending August 9, 2024 | Released: August 15, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: August 22, 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 (08/09/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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Region | 08/09/24 | 08/02/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 723 | 719 | 4 | 4 | 712 | 1.5 | 658 | 9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 869 | 854 | 15 | 15 | 807 | 7.7 | 765 | 13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 260 | 257 | 3 | 3 | 200 | 30.0 | 181 | 43.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 287 | 289 | -2 | -2 | 238 | 20.6 | 263 | 9.1 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 1,125 | 1,152 | -27 | -27 | 1,097 | 2.6 | 1,021 | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 286 | 300 | -14 | -14 | 275 | 4.0 | 252 | 13.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 839 | 851 | -12 | -12 | 822 | 2.1 | 770 | 9.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 3,264 | 3,270 | -6 | -6 | 3,055 | 6.8 | 2,889 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,264 Bcf as of Friday, August 9, 2024, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 6 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 209 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 375 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,889 Bcf.
At 3,264 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.
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 | 08/09/24 | 08/02/24 | net change | ||||||||
East | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | ||||||||