Natural Gas Inventories as of March 22, 2024
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 36 Bcf as of March 22, 2024.
Working gas in storage was 2,296 Bcf as of Friday, March 22, 2024, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 36 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 430 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 669 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,627 Bcf.
At 2,296 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 (3/22/23) |
5-year average (2018-22) |
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| Region | 3/22/24 |
3/15/24 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 387 | 406 | -19 | -19 | 346 | 11.8 | 308 | 25.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 528 | 551 | -23 | -23 | 444 | 18.9 | 380 | 38.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 166 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 100.0 | 87 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 223 | 216 | 7 | 7 | 73 | 205.5 | 145 | 53.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 991 | 993 | -2 | -21 | 920 | 7.7 | 706 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 294 | 300 | -6 | -6 | 262 | 12.2 | 208 | 41.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 698 | 694 | 4 | 4 | 658 | 6.1 | 498 | 40.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,296 | 2,332 | -36 | -36 | 1,866 | 23.0 |
1,627 | 41.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease, except for the Pacifict, South Central Nonsalt, and Mountain regions.
All regions are above the five-year average..
