Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending November 18, 2022 | Released: November 23, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. | Next Release: December 1, 2022
| 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 (11/18/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 11/18/22 | 11/11/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 866 | 882 | -16 | -16 | 891 | -2.8 | 883 | -1.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,063 | 1,084 | -21 | -21 | 1,068 | -0.5 | 1,061 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 203 | 208 | -5 | -5 | 210 | -3.3 | 210 | -3.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 232 | 241 | -9 | -9 | 262 | -11.5 | 289 | -19.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,200 | 1,228 | -28 | -28 | 1,196 | 0.3 | 1,160 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 318 | 327 | -9 | -9 | 337 | -5.6 | 317 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 882 | 901 | -19 | -19 | 859 | 2.7 | 843 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,564 | 3,644 | -80 | -80 | 3,626 | -1.7 | 3,603 | -1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,564 Bcf as of Friday, November 18, 2022, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 80 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 62 Bcf less than last year at this time and 39 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,603 Bcf.
At 3,564 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 2017 through 2021. 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 | 11/18/22 | 11/11/22 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | ||||||||