Natural Gas Inventory -177 bcf vs -166 bcf Expected
Natural Gas Inventory -177 bcf vs -166 bcf Expected
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 statesSummary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (02/15/18) | 5-year average (2014-18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 02/15/19 | 02/08/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 395 | 444 | -49 | -49 | 407 | -2.9 | 438 | -9.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 436 | 492 | -56 | -56 | 434 | 0.5 | 507 | -14.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 87 | 95 | -8 | -8 | 113 | -23.0 | 130 | -33.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 138 | 155 | -17 | -17 | 205 | -32.7 | 218 | -36.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 649 | 696 | -47 | -47 | 619 | 4.8 | 774 | -16.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 224 | 248 | -24 | -24 | 175 | 28.0 | 216 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 425 | 447 | -22 | -22 | 445 | -4.5 | 558 | -23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,705 | 1,882 | -177 | -177 | 1,778 | -4.1 | 2,067 | -17.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,705 Bcf as of Friday, February 15, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 177 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 73 Bcf less than last year at this time and 362 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,067 Bcf. At 1,705 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 2014 through 2018. 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 | 02/15/19 | 02/08/19 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | ||||||||
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