Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending November 29, 2019 | Released: December 5, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: December 12, 2019
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (11/29/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 11/29/19 | 11/22/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 891 | 894 | -3 | -3 | 756 | 17.9 | 857 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,040 | 1,052 | -12 | -12 | 917 | 13.4 | 1,035 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 200 | 204 | -4 | -4 | 168 | 19.0 | 206 | -2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 286 | 293 | -7 | -7 | 253 | 13.0 | 320 | -10.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,174 | 1,166 | 8 | 8 | 906 | 29.6 | 1,183 | -0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 316 | 303 | 13 | 13 | 262 | 20.6 | 343 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 858 | 863 | -5 | -5 | 644 | 33.2 | 839 | 2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,591 | 3,610 | -19 | -19 | 3,000 | 19.7 | 3,600 | -0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,591 Bcf as of Friday, November 29, 2019, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 19 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 591 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 9 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,600 Bcf.
At 3,591 Bcf, total working gas is within 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 2014 through 2018. 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 | 11/29/19 | 11/22/19 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||||||||