Natural Gas Inventory +58 bcf vs +52 bcf Expected
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Natural Gas Inventory +58 bcf vs +52 bcf Expected
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (10/19/17) | 5-year average (2013-17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 10/19/18 | 10/12/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 825 | 812 | 13 | 13 | 913 | -9.6 | 903 | -8.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 934 | 908 | 26 | 26 | 1,078 | -13.4 | 1,058 | -11.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 177 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 224 | -21.0 | 215 | -17.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 262 | 264 | -2 | -2 | 315 | -16.8 | 346 | -24.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 896 | C | 877 | 19 | 24 | C | 1,171 | -23.5 | 1,196 | -25.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Salt | 218 | 203 | 15 | 15 | 311 | -29.9 | 324 | -32.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 678 | C | 673 | 5 | 10 | C | 859 | -21.1 | 872 | -22.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,095 | C | 3,037 | 58 | 63 | C | 3,701 | -16.4 | 3,719 | -16.8 | |||||||||||||||
Non-flow-related adjustments decreased working gas stocks by approximately 5 Bcf in the South Central Nonsalt region for the week ending October 19, 2018. The implied flow for the week is an injection of 63 Bcf to working gas stocks in the Lower 48 states. (See Notes and Definitions for more information.) Starting with the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR) release on Thursday, November 15, 2018, the WNGSR history file will include a new worksheet showing the net change for each report week. You can view the new format in this test file. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,095 Bcf as of Friday, October 19, 2018, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 58 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 606 Bcf less than last year at this time and 624 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,719 Bcf. At 3,095 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.
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) | ||||||||||
| Region | 10/19/18 | 10/12/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||
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