Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending January 8, 2021 | Released: January 14, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: January 22, 2021
| 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 (01/08/20) |
5-year average (2016-20) |
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| Region | 01/08/21 | 01/01/21 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 726 | 765 | -39 | -39 | 727 | -0.1 | 697 | 4.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 879 | 923 | -44 | -44 | 861 | 2.1 | 829 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 188 | 196 | -8 | -8 | 162 | 16.0 | 165 | 13.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 278 | 282 | -4 | -4 | 238 | 16.8 | 248 | 12.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,126 | 1,163 | -37 | -37 | 1,082 | 4.1 | 1,040 | 8.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 327 | 333 | -6 | -6 | 321 | 1.9 | 308 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 799 | 830 | -31 | -31 | 761 | 5.0 | 732 | 9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,196 | 3,330 | -134 | -134 | 3,070 | 4.1 | 2,978 | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,196 Bcf as of Friday, January 8, 2021, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 134 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 126 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 218 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,978 Bcf.
At 3,196 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 2016 through 2020. 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 | 01/08/21 | 01/01/21 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||||||||