Natural Gas Inventories as of November 29, 2024
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 30 Bcf as of November 29, 2024.
Working gas in storage was 3,937 Bcf as of Friday, November 29, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 30 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 185 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 284 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,653 Bcf.
At 3,937 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 (11/29/23) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
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| Region | 11/29/24 |
11/22/24 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 914 | 929 | -15 | -15 | 887 | 3.0 | 880 | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,115 | 1,134 | -19 | -19 | 1,1090 | 2.3 | 1,062 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 289 | 292 | -3 | -3 | 247 | 17.0 | 217 | 33.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 310 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 292 | 6.2 | 276 | 12.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,310 | 1,301 | 9 | 9 | 1,237 | 5.9 | 1,219 | 7.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 362 | 353 | 9 | 9 | 337 | 7.4 | 334 | 8.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 948 | 948 | 0 | 0 | 901 | 5.2 | 884 | 7.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,937 | 3,967 | -30 | -30 | 3,752 | 4.9 |
3,653 | 7.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, except for the East, Midwest, and Mountain regions, experienced a net increase.
All regions are above the five-year average.
