Natural Gas Inventory -141 bcf vs -136 bcf Expected
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| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (12/14/17) | 5-year average (2013-17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 12/14/18 | 12/07/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 692 | 732 | -40 | -40 | 817 | -15.3 | 822 | -15.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 841 | 885 | -44 | -44 | 988 | -14.9 | 972 | -13.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 153 | 160 | -7 | -7 | 205 | -25.4 | 199 | -23.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 227 | 238 | -11 | -11 | 296 | -23.3 | 319 | -28.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 860 | 898 | -38 | -38 | 1,164 | -26.1 | 1,181 | -27.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 262 | 271 | -9 | -9 | 334 | -21.6 | 336 | -22.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 598 | 627 | -29 | -29 | 830 | -28.0 | 844 | -29.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,773 | 2,914 | -141 | -141 | 3,470 | -20.1 | 3,493 | -20.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,773 Bcf as of Friday, December 14, 2018, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 141 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 697 Bcf less than last year at this time and 720 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,493 Bcf. At 2,773 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 | 12/14/18 | 12/07/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | ||||||||
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