Natural Gas Inventories as of May 10, 2024
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 70 Bcf as of May 10, 2024.
Working gas in storage was 2,633 Bcf as of Friday, May 10, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 70 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 421 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 602 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,013 Bcf.
At 2,633 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 (5/10/23) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 5/10/24 |
5/03/24 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 482 | 454 | 28 | 28 | 448 | 7.6 | 375 | 28.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 606 | 584 | 22 | 22 | 513 | 18.1 | 446 | 35.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 196 | 191 | 5 | 5 | 110 | 78.2 | 109 | 79.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 252 | 246 | 6 | 6 | 123 | 104.9 | 193 | 30.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,097 | 1,087 | 10 | 10 | 1,017 | 7.9 | 890 | 23.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 313 | 314 | -1 | -1 | 289 | 8.3 | 278 | 12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 784 | 773 | 11 | 11 | 729 | 7.5 | 612 | 28.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,633 | 2,563 | 70 | 70 | 2,212 | 19.0 |
2,013 | 30.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase, except for Central Nonsalt which had no change.
All regions are above the five-year average..
