UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory -134 bcf vs -110 bcf Expected
Natural Gas Inventory -134 bcf vs -110 bcf Expected
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 statesSummary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (11/16/17) | 5-year average (2013-17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 11/16/18 | 11/09/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 803 | 835 | -32 | -32 | 894 | -10.2 | 909 | -11.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 959 | 991 | -32 | -32 | 1,093 | -12.3 | 1,090 | -12.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 174 | 181 | -7 | -7 | 220 | -20.9 | 218 | -20.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 258 | 266 | -8 | -8 | 314 | -17.8 | 350 | -26.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 919 | 974 | -55 | -55 | 1,211 | -24.1 | 1,256 | -26.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 251 | 272 | -21 | -21 | 340 | -26.2 | 353 | -28.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 668 | 702 | -34 | -34 | 871 | -23.3 | 903 | -26.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,113 | 3,247 | -134 | -134 | 3,733 | -16.6 | 3,823 | -18.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,113 Bcf as of Friday, November 16, 2018, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 134 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 620 Bcf less than last year at this time and 710 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,823 Bcf. At 3,113 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 | 11/16/18 | 11/09/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||||||||
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