Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending February 8, 2019 | Released: February 14, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: February 21, 2019
| 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 (02/08/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
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| Region | 02/08/19 | 02/01/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 444 | 468 | -24 | -24 | 440 | 0.9 | 485 | -8.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 492 | 522 | -30 | -30 | 479 | 2.7 | 558 | -11.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 95 | 105 | -10 | -10 | 123 | -22.8 | 135 | -29.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 155 | 172 | -17 | -17 | 213 | -27.2 | 223 | -30.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 696 | 692 | 4 | 4 | 657 | 5.9 | 814 | -14.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 248 | 241 | 7 | 7 | 179 | 38.5 | 229 | 8.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 447 | 451 | -4 | -4 | 479 | -6.7 | 585 | -23.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,882 | 1,960 | -78 | -78 | 1,912 | -1.6 | 2,215 | -15.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,882 Bcf as of Friday, February 8, 2019, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 78 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 30 Bcf less than last year at this time and 333 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,215 Bcf.
At 1,882 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) | |||||||||||
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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 | 02/08/19 | 02/01/19 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | ||||||||