Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending November 23, 2018 | Released: November 29, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: December 7, 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 (11/23/17) |
5-year average (2013-17) |
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| Region | 11/23/18 | 11/16/18 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 778 | 803 | -25 | -25 | 878 | -11.4 | 893 | -12.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 938 | 959 | -21 | -21 | 1,071 | -12.4 | 1,069 | -12.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 171 | 174 | -3 | -3 | 221 | -22.6 | 216 | -20.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 254 | 258 | -4 | -4 | 314 | -19.1 | 347 | -26.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 914 | 919 | -5 | -5 | 1,214 | -24.7 | 1,249 | -26.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 259 | 251 | 8 | 8 | 347 | -25.4 | 352 | -26.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 654 | 668 | -14 | -14 | 867 | -24.6 | 896 | -27.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,054 | 3,113 | -59 | -59 | 3,698 | -17.4 | 3,774 | -19.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,054 Bcf as of Friday, November 23, 2018, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 59 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 644 Bcf less than last year at this time and 720 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,774 Bcf.
At 3,054 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 | 11/23/18 | 11/16/18 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||