| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN |
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|
Historical Comparisons |
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
|
Year ago
(03/14/13) |
5-Year average
(2009-2013) |
| Region |
03/14/14 |
03/07/14 |
net change |
implied flow |
|
(Bcf) |
% change |
(Bcf) |
% change |
| East |
395 |
|
|
430 |
|
|
-35 |
|
|
-35 |
|
|
|
790 |
|
|
-50.0 |
|
|
794 |
|
|
-50.3 |
|
|
| West |
167 |
|
|
169 |
|
|
-2 |
|
|
-2 |
|
|
|
339 |
|
|
-50.7 |
|
|
293 |
|
|
-43.0 |
|
|
| Producing |
391 |
|
|
402 |
|
|
-11 |
|
|
-11 |
|
|
|
756 |
|
|
-48.3 |
|
|
742 |
|
|
-47.3 |
|
|
| Salt |
62 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
179 |
|
|
-65.4 |
|
|
135 |
|
|
-54.1 |
|
|
| Nonsalt |
329 |
|
|
348 |
|
|
-19 |
|
|
-19 |
|
|
|
577 |
|
|
-43.0 |
|
|
607 |
|
|
-45.8 |
|
|
| Total |
953 |
|
|
1,001 |
|
|
-48 |
|
|
-48 |
|
|
|
1,885 |
|
|
-49.4 |
|
|
1,829 |
|
|
-47.9 |
|
|
|
Summary
Working gas in storage was 953 Bcf as of Friday, March 14, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 48 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 932 Bcf less than last year at this time and 876 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,829 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 399 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 35 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 351 Bcf below the 5-year average of 742 Bcf after a net withdrawal of 11 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 126 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 2 Bcf. At 953 Bcf, total working gas is below the 5-year historical range.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2009 through 2013.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.