Natural Gas Inventory +96 bcf vs 101 bcf Expected
Natural Gas Inventory +96 bcf vs 101 bcf Expected
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (05/25/17) | 5-year average (2013-17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 05/25/18 | 05/18/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 328 | 299 | 29 | 29 | 415 | -21.0 | 429 | -23.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 315 | 288 | 27 | 27 | 582 | -45.9 | 475 | -33.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 113 | 107 | 6 | 6 | 166 | -31.9 | 139 | -18.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 221 | 213 | 8 | 8 | 257 | -14.0 | 270 | -18.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 748 | 722 | 26 | 26 | 1,094 | -31.6 | 912 | -18.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 235 | 226 | 9 | 9 | 341 | -31.1 | 276 | -14.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 514 | 496 | 18 | 18 | 753 | -31.7 | 636 | -19.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,725 | 1,629 | 96 | 96 | 2,513 | -31.4 | 2,225 | -22.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,725 Bcf as of Friday, May 25, 2018, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 96 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 788 Bcf less than last year at this time and 500 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,225 Bcf. At 1,725 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 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 | 05/25/18 | 05/18/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| South Central | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Salt | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | ||||||||
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