Natural Gas Inventories as of March 29, 2024
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 37 Bcf as of March 29, 2024.
Working gas in storage was 2,259 Bcf as of Friday, March 29, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 37 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 422 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 633 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,626 Bcf.
At 2,259 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 (3/29/23) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 3/29/24 |
3/22/24 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 363 | 387 | -24 | -24 | 337 | 7.7 | 298 | 21.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 510 | 528 | -18 | -18 | 426 | 19.7 | 369 | 38.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 162 | 166 | -4 | -4 | 81 | 100.0 | 88 | 84.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 227 | 223 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 211.0 | 147 | 52.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 996 | 991 | -5 | -5 | 920 | 8.3 | 723 | 37.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 294 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 11.8 | 216 | 36.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 701 | 698 | 3 | 3 | 657 | 6.7 | 507 | 38.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,259 | 2,296 | -37 | -37 | 1,837 | 23.0 |
1,626 | 38.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease, except for the Pacifict, South Central Nonsalt regions.
All regions are above the five-year average..
