UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory -243 bcf vs -236 bcf Expected
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Working gas in storage was 2,917 Bcf as of Friday, January 13, 2017, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 243 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 431 Bcf less than last year at this time and 77 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,994 Bcf. At 2,917 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (01/13/16) | 5-year average (2012-16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 01/13/17 | 01/06/17 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 639 | 698 | -59 | -59 | 771 | -17.1 | 708 | -9.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 795 | 865 | -70 | -70 | 897 | -11.4 | 797 | -0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 183 | 197 | -14 | -14 | 172 | 6.4 | 166 | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 248 | 263 | -15 | -15 | 285 | -13.0 | 284 | -12.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,052 | 1,137 | -85 | -85 | 1,223 | -14.0 | 1,040 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 312 | 343 | -31 | -31 | 350 | -10.9 | 276 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 740 | 794 | -54 | -54 | 873 | -15.2 | 763 | -3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,917 | 3,160 | -243 | -243 | 3,348 | -12.9 | 2,994 | -2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
At 10:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time on January 26, 2017, EIA will begin including estimated measures of sampling variability for weekly estimates of working natural gas stocks and the net change in working natural gas stocks as part of the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR). EIA has provided answers to frequently asked questions about the incorporation of estimated measures of sampling variability for published estimates of weekly stocks and their net changes in the WNGSR. Details about these changes can be found at: http://ir.eia.gov/ngs/notice.html.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2012 through 2016. The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.
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