Natural Gas Inventory -86 bcf vs -89 bcf Expected
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| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (03/16/17) | 5-year average (2013-17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 03/16/18 | 03/09/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 270 | 314 | -44 | -44 | 317 | -14.8 | 323 | -16.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 315 | 350 | -35 | -35 | 513 | -38.6 | 391 | -19.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 90 | 93 | -3 | -3 | 137 | -34.3 | 124 | -27.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 169 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 207 | -18.4 | 216 | -21.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 602 | 606 | -4 | -4 | 938 | -35.8 | 721 | -16.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 182 | 186 | -4 | -4 | 299 | -39.1 | 193 | -5.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 419 | 420 | -1 | -1 | 639 | -34.4 | 528 | -20.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,446 | 1,532 | -86 | -86 | 2,113 | -31.6 | 1,775 | -18.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,446 Bcf as of Friday, March 16, 2018, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 86 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 667 Bcf less than last year at this time and 329 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,775 Bcf. At 1,446 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 | 03/16/18 | 03/09/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| South Central | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Total | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.2 | ||||||||
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