Natural Gas Inventories as of January 19, 2024
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 356 Bcf as of January 19, 2024.
Working gas in storage was 2,856 Bcf as of Friday, January 19, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 326 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 110 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 142 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,714 Bcf.
At 2,856 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (1/19/23) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 1/19/24 |
1/12/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 657 | 715 | -58 | -58 | 628 | 4.6 | 630 | 4.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 788 | 873 | -85 | -85 | 758 | 4.0 | 749 | 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 194 | 208 | -14 | -14 | 141 | 37.6 | 146 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 228 | 257 | -29 | -29 | 151 | 51.0 | 206 | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 990 | 1,128 | -138 | -138 | 1,067 | -7.2 | 984 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 269 | 332 | -63 | -63 | 310 | -13.2 | 300 | -10.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 721 | 796 | -75 | -75 | 758 | -4.9 | 684 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,856 | 3,182 | -326 | -326 | 2,746 | 4.0 |
2,714 | 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease.
All regions are above the five-year average, except for the South Central Salt region.
