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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending August 16, 2019   |   Released: August 22, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: August 29, 2019

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(08/16/18)
5-year average
(2014-18)
Region 08/16/19 08/09/19 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 660     634     26     26       608     8.6     689     -4.2    
Midwest 760     729     31     31       629     20.8     753     0.9    
Mountain 168     164     4     4       153     9.8     182     -7.7    
Pacific 274     272     2     2       238     15.1     295     -7.1    
South Central 935     939     -4     -4       799     17.0     980     -4.6    
   Salt 205     214     -9     -9       191     7.3     253     -19.0    
   Nonsalt 730     725     5     5       609     19.9     727     0.4    
Total 2,797     2,738     59     59       2,428     15.2     2,900     -3.6    

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

Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,797 Bcf as of Friday, August 16, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 59 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 369 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 103 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,900 Bcf. At 2,797 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 08/16/19 08/09/19   net change
East 0.8     0.9       0.5    
Midwest 0.7     0.7       0.4    
Mountain 1.2     1.1       0.1    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.8     0.8       0.4    
   Salt 2.3     2.3       0.3    
   Nonsalt 0.7     0.7       0.3    
Total 0.4     0.4       0.8