Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending August 30, 2019 | Released: September 5, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: September 12, 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 (08/30/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
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| Region | 08/30/19 | 08/23/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 714 | 682 | 32 | 32 | 656 | 8.8 | 735 | -2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 827 | 790 | 37 | 37 | 697 | 18.7 | 816 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 177 | 173 | 4 | 4 | 161 | 9.9 | 188 | -5.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 276 | 278 | -2 | -2 | 245 | 12.7 | 300 | -8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 947 | 934 | 13 | 13 | 799 | 18.5 | 985 | -3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 197 | 199 | -2 | -2 | 184 | 7.1 | 247 | -20.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 749 | 736 | 13 | 13 | 615 | 21.8 | 738 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,941 | 2,857 | 84 | 84 | 2,558 | 15.0 | 3,023 | -2.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,941 Bcf as of Friday, August 30, 2019, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 84 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 383 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 82 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,023 Bcf.
At 2,941 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 | 08/30/19 | 08/23/19 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||