Natural Gas Inventory +58 bcf vs +68 bcf Expected
Natural Gas Inventory +58 bcf vs +68 bcf Expected
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (09/22/16) | 5-year average (2012-16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 09/22/17 | 09/15/17 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 848 | 833 | 15 | 15 | 871 | -2.6 | 837 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 964 | 938 | 26 | 26 | 1,010 | -4.6 | 958 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 217 | 212 | 5 | 5 | 233 | -6.9 | 202 | 7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 307 | 300 | 7 | 7 | 318 | -3.5 | 339 | -9.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,130 | 1,125 | 5 | 5 | 1,162 | -2.8 | 1,090 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 305 | 304 | 1 | 1 | 275 | 10.9 | 267 | 14.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 825 | 821 | 4 | 4 | 886 | -6.9 | 822 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,466 | 3,408 | 58 | 58 | 3,593 | -3.5 | 3,425 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,466 Bcf as of Friday, September 22, 2017, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 58 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 127 Bcf less than last year at this time and 41 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,425 Bcf. At 3,466 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
For information on sampling error in this report, see Estimated Measures of Sampling Variability table below.

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.
| 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) | ||||||||||
| Region | 09/22/17 | 09/15/17 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| South Central | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 3.3 | 3.4 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | ||||||||
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