UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory -48 bcf vs -48 bcf Expected
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (12/21/17) | 5-year average (2013-17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 12/21/18 | 12/14/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 676 | 692 | -16 | -16 | 786 | -14.0 | 790 | -14.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 818 | 841 | -23 | -23 | 947 | -13.6 | 932 | -12.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 150 | 153 | -3 | -3 | 196 | -23.5 | 192 | -21.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 223 | 227 | -4 | -4 | 283 | -21.2 | 307 | -27.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 858 | 860 | -2 | -2 | 1,136 | -24.5 | 1,151 | -25.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 274 | 262 | 12 | 12 | 325 | -15.7 | 326 | -16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 584 | 598 | -14 | -14 | 811 | -28.0 | 825 | -29.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,725 | 2,773 | -48 | -48 | 3,348 | -18.6 | 3,372 | -19.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,725 Bcf as of Friday, December 21, 2018, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 48 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 623 Bcf less than last year at this time and 647 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,372 Bcf. At 2,725 Bcf, total working gas is below 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 | 12/21/18 | 12/14/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | ||||||||
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