Natural Gas Inventory -163 bcf vs -144 bcf Expected

January 24, 2019 10:30 AM EST
  • Natural Gas Inventory -163 bcf vs -144 bcf Expected
Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
Year ago
(01/18/18)
5-year average
(2014-18)
Region01/18/1901/11/19net changeimplied flow Bcf% changeBcf% change
East566 620 -54 -54 563 0.5 619 -8.6
Midwest673 729 -56 -56 646 4.2 711 -5.3
Mountain121 127 -6 -6 147 -17.7 155 -21.9
Pacific185 196 -11 -11 235 -21.3 253 -26.9
South Central823 861 -38 -38 746 10.3 937 -12.2
Salt295 303 -8 -8 159 85.5 256 15.2
Nonsalt528 557 -29 -29 588 -10.2 681 -22.5
Total2,370 2,533 -163 -163 2,337 1.4 2,675 -11.4

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

Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,370 Bcf as of Friday, January 18, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 163 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 33 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 305 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,675 Bcf. At 2,370 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.

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 2014 through 2018. The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.



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