Natural Gas Inventories as of December 6, 2019
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 73 Bcf as of December 6, 2019.
Working gas in storage was 3,518 Bcf as of Friday, December 6, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 73 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 593 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 14 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,518 Bcf.
At 3,518 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.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (12/06/18) |
5-year average (2014-18) |
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| Region | 12/06/19 | 11/29/19 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 867 | 891 | -24 | -24 | 735 | 18.0 | 839 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,013 | 1,040 | -27 | -27 | 889 | 13.9 | 1,009 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 193 | 200 | -7 | -7 | 161 | 19.9 | 200 | -3.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 276 | 286 | -10 | -10 | 240 | 15.0 | 312 | -11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,168 | 1,174 | -6 | -6 | 899 | 29.9 | 1,173 | -0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 321 | 316 | 5 | 5 | 270 | 18.9 | 345 | -7.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 847 | 858 | -11 | -11 | 629 | 34.7 | 827 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,518 | 3,591 | -73 | -73 | 2,925 | 20.3 | 3,532 | -0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions except the South Central, and salt count in South Central region experienced a net decrease this week.
Stocks in every region except the East, Midwest and South Central nonsalt are below the five-year average. The Pacific region is the farthest below the five-year average, at 11.5% below the average.
