Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending September 14, 2018 | Released: September 20, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: September 27, 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 (09/14/17) |
5-year average (2013-17) |
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| Region | 09/14/18 | 09/07/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 709 | 679 | 30 | 30 | 830 | -14.6 | 801 | -11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 770 | 734 | 36 | 36 | 933 | -17.5 | 910 | -15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 170 | 166 | 4 | 4 | 211 | -19.4 | 199 | -14.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 255 | 250 | 5 | 5 | 299 | -14.7 | 328 | -22.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 818 | 806 | 12 | 12 | 1,120 | -27.0 | 1,071 | -23.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 184 | 182 | 2 | 2 | 301 | -38.9 | 274 | -32.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 635 | 624 | 11 | 11 | 819 | -22.5 | 797 | -20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,722 | 2,636 | 86 | 86 | 3,394 | -19.8 | 3,308 | -17.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,722 Bcf as of Friday, September 14, 2018, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 86 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 672 Bcf less than last year at this time and 586 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,308 Bcf.
At 2,722 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 | 09/14/18 | 09/07/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | ||||||||