Natural Gas Inventories as of February 23, 2024
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 96 Bcf as of February 23, 2024.
Working gas in storage was 2,374 Bcf as of Friday, February 23, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 96 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 248 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 498 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,876 Bcf.
At 2,374 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 (2/23/23) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 2/23/24 |
2/16/24 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 453 | 505 | -52 | -52 | 455 | -0.4 | 409 | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 600 | 631 | -31 | -31 | 548 | 9.5 | 482 | 24.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 169 | 173 | -4 | -4 | 100 | 69.0 | 100 | 69.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 217 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 117.0 | 160 | 35.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 935 | 944 | -9 | -9 | 923 | 1.3 | 725 | 29.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 275 | 278 | -3 | -3 | 261 | 5.4 | 203 | 35.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 660 | 666 | -6 | -6 | 661 | -0.2 | 522 | 26.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,374 | 2,470 | -96 | -96 | 2,126 | 11.7 |
1,876 | 26.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease, except for the Pacific region.
All regions are above the five-year average..
