Natural Gas Inventory -81 bcf vs -77 bcf Expected
Natural Gas Inventory -81 bcf vs -77 bcf Expected
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 statesSummary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (01/11/18) | 5-year average (2014-18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 01/11/19 | 01/04/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 620 | 651 | -31 | -31 | 621 | -0.2 | 666 | -6.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 729 | 763 | -34 | -34 | 726 | 0.4 | 769 | -5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 127 | 132 | -5 | -5 | 159 | -20.1 | 164 | -22.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 196 | 204 | -8 | -8 | 245 | -20.0 | 264 | -25.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 861 | 865 | -4 | -4 | 859 | 0.2 | 997 | -13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 303 | 302 | 1 | 1 | 209 | 45.0 | 276 | 9.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 557 | 563 | -6 | -6 | 651 | -14.4 | 722 | -22.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,533 | 2,614 | -81 | -81 | 2,610 | -3.0 | 2,860 | -11.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,533 Bcf as of Friday, January 11, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 81 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 77 Bcf less than last year at this time and 327 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,860 Bcf. At 2,533 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 | 01/11/19 | 01/04/19 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||||||||
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