Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 12, 2018 | Released: October 18, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: October 25, 2018
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (10/12/17) |
5-year average (2013-17) |
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| Region | 10/12/18 | 10/05/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 812 | 790 | 22 | 22 | 899 | -9.7 | 887 | -8.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 908 | 871 | 37 | 37 | 1,050 | -13.5 | 1,032 | -12.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 177 | 180 | -3 | -3 | 224 | -21.0 | 213 | -16.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 264 | 262 | 2 | 2 | 316 | -16.5 | 344 | -23.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 877 | 854 | 23 | 23 | 1,150 | -23.7 | 1,166 | -24.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 203 | 191 | 12 | 12 | 303 | -33.0 | 310 | -34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 673 | 663 | 10 | 10 | 847 | -20.5 | 856 | -21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,037 | 2,956 | 81 | 81 | 3,638 | -16.5 | 3,642 | -16.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,037 Bcf as of Friday, October 12, 2018, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 81 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 601 Bcf less than last year at this time and 605 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,642 Bcf.
At 3,037 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) | |||||||||||
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| Coefficient of Variation for Stocks % of working gas |
Standard Error for Net Change billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
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| Region | 10/12/18 | 10/05/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Salt | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | ||||||||