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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending December 27, 2019   |   Released: January 3, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: January 9, 2020

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(12/27/18)
5-year average
(2014-18)
Region 12/27/19 12/20/19 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 771     796     -25     -25       663     16.3     758     1.7    
Midwest 905     923     -18     -18       801     13.0     904     0.1    
Mountain 173     177     -4     -4       147     17.7     180     -3.9    
Pacific 251     260     -9     -9       220     14.1     287     -12.5    
South Central 1,093     1,094     -1     -1       875     24.9     1,101     -0.7    
   Salt 313     309     4     4       293     6.8     329     -4.9    
   Nonsalt 780     786     -6     -6       582     34.0     773     0.9    
Total 3,192     3,250     -58     -58       2,708     17.9     3,230     -1.2    

Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,192 Bcf as of Friday, December 27, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 58 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 484 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 38 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,230 Bcf. At 3,192 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.

Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with Five-Year Range

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)
   
Coefficient of Variation for Stocks
% of working gas
  Standard Error for Net Change
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
Region 12/27/19 12/20/19   net change
East 1.1     1.1       0.8    
Midwest 0.8     0.8       0.6    
Mountain 0.9     0.9       0.2    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.7     0.7       0.4    
   Salt 1.6     1.7       0.1    
   Nonsalt 0.7     0.7       0.4    
Total 0.4     0.4       1.1