Natural Gas Inventory -237 bcf vs -237 bcf Expected
Natural Gas Inventory -237 bcf vs -237 bcf Expected
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (02/01/18) | 5-year average (2014-18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 02/01/19 | 01/25/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 468 | 527 | -59 | -59 | 493 | -5.1 | 530 | -11.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 522 | 606 | -84 | -84 | 551 | -5.3 | 612 | -14.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 105 | 114 | -9 | -9 | 132 | -20.5 | 142 | -26.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 172 | 178 | -6 | -6 | 214 | -19.6 | 232 | -25.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 692 | 771 | -79 | -79 | 705 | -1.8 | 858 | -19.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 241 | 278 | -37 | -37 | 182 | 32.4 | 241 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 451 | 493 | -42 | -42 | 523 | -13.8 | 617 | -26.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,960 | 2,197 | -237 | -237 | 2,095 | -6.4 | 2,375 | -17.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,960 Bcf as of Friday, February 1, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 237 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 135 Bcf less than last year at this time and 415 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,375 Bcf. At 1,960 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 | 02/01/19 | 01/25/19 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | ||||||||
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