Natural Gas Inventory +39 bcf vs +34 bcf Expected

November 15, 2018 10:30 AM EST

Natural Gas Inventory +39 bcf vs +34 bcf Expected

Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
Year ago
(11/09/17)
5-year average
(2013-17)
Region11/09/1811/02/18net changeimplied flow Bcf% changeBcf% change
East835 831 4 4 916 -8.8 920 -9.2
Midwest991 980 11 11 1,109 -10.6 1,098 -9.7
Mountain181 182 -1 -1 221 -18.1 219 -17.4
Pacific266 265 1 1 315 -15.6 351 -24.2
South Central974 949 25 25 1,214 -19.8 1,259 -22.6
Salt272 253 19 19 340 -20.0 353 -22.9
Nonsalt702 696 6 6 873 -19.6 906 -22.5
Total3,247 3,208 39 39 3,775 -14.0 3,848 -15.6

Starting with this week's Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR) release, the WNGSR history file will include a new worksheet showing the net change for each report week.

Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,247 Bcf as of Friday, November 9, 2018, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 39 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 528 Bcf less than last year at this time and 601 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,848 Bcf. At 3,247 Bcf, total working gas is below the five-year historical range.

For information on sampling error in this report, see Estimated Measures of Sampling Variability table below.

Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with Five-Year Range

Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2013 through 2017. The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.



Estimated measures of sampling variabilityDownload History (April 2015 to Present)
Coefficient of Variation for Stocks
% of working gas
Standard Error for Net Change
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
Region11/09/1811/02/18 net change
East0.9 0.9 0.3
Midwest0.9 0.9 0.4
Mountain1.4 1.6 0.4
Pacific0.0 0.0 0.0
South Central0.6 0.6 0.8
Salt1.9 1.9 0.6
Nonsalt0.4 0.4 0.5
Total0.4 0.4 1.0



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