Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending May 18, 2018 | Released: May 24, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: May 31, 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 (05/18/17) |
5-year average (2013-17) |
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| Region | 05/18/18 | 05/11/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 299 | 275 | 24 | 24 | 387 | -22.7 | 400 | -25.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 288 | 267 | 21 | 21 | 559 | -48.5 | 446 | -35.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 107 | 98 | 9 | 9 | 165 | -35.2 | 135 | -20.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 213 | 204 | 9 | 9 | 249 | -14.5 | 261 | -18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 722 | 694 | 28 | 28 | 1,073 | -32.7 | 885 | -18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 226 | 216 | 10 | 10 | 338 | -33.1 | 270 | -16.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 496 | 477 | 19 | 19 | 735 | -32.5 | 616 | -19.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,629 | 1,538 | 91 | 91 | 2,433 | -33.0 | 2,128 | -23.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,629 Bcf as of Friday, May 18, 2018, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 91 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 804 Bcf less than last year at this time and 499 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,128 Bcf.
At 1,629 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 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 | 05/18/18 | 05/11/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.4 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| South Central | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 | ||||||||
| Salt | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Total | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | ||||||||