Natural Gas Inventories as of December 13, 2019
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 107 Bcf as of December 13, 2019.
Working gas in storage was 3,411 Bcf as of Friday, December 13, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 107 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 618 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 9 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,420 Bcf.
At 3,411 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.
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.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (12/13/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
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| Region | 12/13/19 | 12/06/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 838 | 867 | -29 | -29 | 698 | 20.1 | 808 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 973 | 1,013 | -40 | -40 | 847 | 14.9 | 972 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 186 | 193 | -7 | -7 | 154 | 20.8 | 193 | -3.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 273 | 276 | -3 | -3 | 229 | 19.2 | 305 | -10.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,142 | 1,168 | -26 | -26 | 865 | 32.0 | 1,142 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 319 | 321 | -2 | -2 | 263 | 21.3 | 335 | -4.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 823 | 847 | -24 | -24 | 602 | 36.7 | 807 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,411 | 3,518 | -107 | -107 | 2,793 | 22.1 | 3,420 | -0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region except the East, Midwest and South Central, and South Central nonsalt are below the five-year average. The Pacific region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 10.5% below the average.
