Natural Gas Inventories as of November 15, 2024
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 3 Bcf as of November 15, 2024.
Working gas in storage was 3,969 Bcf as of Friday, November 15, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 3 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 141 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 239 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,750 Bcf.
At 3,969 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 (11/15/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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| Region | 11/15/24 |
11/08/24 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 931 | 943 | -12 | -12 | 922 | 1.0 | 909 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,140 | 1,141 | -1 | -1 | 1,117 | 2.1 | 1,094 | 4.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 293 | 291 | 2 | 2 | 255 | 14.9 | 224 | 30.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 313 | 312 | 1 | 1 | 295 | 6.1 | 281 | 11.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,291 | 1,285 | 6 | 6 | 1,239 | 4.2 | 1,223 | 5.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 347 | 346 | 1 | 1 | 331 | 4.8 | 328 | 5.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 944 | 939 | 5 | 5 | 908 | 4.0 | 896 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,969 | 3,972 | -3 | -3 | 3,828 | 3.7 |
3,730 | 6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the East and Midwest regions, experienced a net increase.
All regions are above the five-year average.
