Natural Gas Inventories as of May 17, 2024
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 78 Bcf as of May 17, 2024.
Working gas in storage was 2,711 Bcf as of Friday, May 17, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 78 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 402 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 606 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,105 Bcf.
At 2,711 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 (5/17/23) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 5/17/24 |
5/10/24 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 511 | 482 | 29 | 29 | 480 | 6.5 | 399 | 28.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 628 | 606 | 22 | 22 | 539 | 16.5 | 470 | 33.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 202 | 196 | 6 | 6 | 118 | 71.2 | 116 | 74.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 259 | 252 | 7 | 7 | 136 | 90.4 | 204 | 27.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,112 | 1,097 | 15 | 15 | 1,037 | 7.2 | 917 | 21.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 319 | 313 | 6 | 6 | 293 | 8.9 | 285 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 793 | 784 | 9 | 9 | 744 | 7.6 | 632 | 25.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2711 | 2,633 | 78 | 78 | 2,309 | 17.4 |
2,105 | 28.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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..
