UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory -43 bcf vs -43 bcf Expected
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E-mail- Natural Gas Inventory -43 bcf vs -43 bcf Expected
Working gas in storage was 2,049 Bcf as of Friday, March 24, 2017, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 43 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 423 Bcf less than last year at this time and 250 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,799 Bcf. At 2,049 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (03/24/16) | 5-year average (2012-16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 03/24/17 | 03/17/17 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 278 | 309 | -31 | -31 | 441 | -37.0 | 342 | -18.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 486 | 506 | -20 | -20 | 557 | -12.7 | 382 | 27.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 141 | 137 | 4 | 4 | 147 | -4.1 | 121 | 16.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 212 | 208 | 4 | 4 | 262 | -19.1 | 227 | -6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 932 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 1,064 | -12.4 | 727 | 28.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 289 | 295 | -6 | -6 | 315 | -8.3 | 186 | 55.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 644 | 637 | 7 | 7 | 750 | -14.1 | 542 | 18.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,049 | 2,092 | -43 | -43 | 2,472 | -17.1 | 1,799 | 13.9 | |||||||||||||||||
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 2012 through 2016. 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 | 03/24/17 | 03/17/17 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 5.8 | 5.5 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| South Central | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Salt | 4.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Total | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | ||||||||
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