Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending September 15, 2017 | Released: September 21, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: September 28, 2017
| 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 (09/15/16) |
5-year average (2012-16) |
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| Region | 09/15/17 | 09/08/17 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 833 | 809 | 24 | 24 | 848 | -1.8 | 813 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 938 | 906 | 32 | 32 | 981 | -4.4 | 926 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 212 | 208 | 4 | 4 | 230 | -7.8 | 199 | 6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 300 | 296 | 4 | 4 | 318 | -5.7 | 336 | -10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,125 | 1,092 | 33 | 33 | 1,167 | -3.6 | 1,066 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 304 | 285 | 19 | 19 | 279 | 9.0 | 259 | 17.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 821 | 807 | 14 | 14 | 888 | -7.5 | 808 | 1.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,408 | 3,311 | 97 | 97 | 3,544 | -3.8 | 3,341 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,408 Bcf as of Friday, September 15, 2017, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 97 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 136 Bcf less than last year at this time and 67 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,341 Bcf.
At 3,408 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 2012 through 2016. 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 | 09/15/17 | 09/08/17 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| South Central | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.2 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | ||||||||