| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN |
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|
Historical Comparisons |
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
|
Year ago
(03/28/13) |
5-Year average
(2009-2013) |
| Region |
03/28/14 |
03/21/14 |
net change |
implied flow |
|
(Bcf) |
% change |
(Bcf) |
% change |
| East |
310 |
|
|
356 |
|
|
-46 |
|
|
-46 |
|
|
|
669 |
|
|
-53.7 |
|
|
758 |
|
|
-59.1 |
|
|
| West |
160 |
|
|
164 |
|
|
-4 |
|
|
-4 |
|
|
|
331 |
|
|
-51.7 |
|
|
294 |
|
|
-45.6 |
|
|
| Producing |
352 |
|
|
376 |
|
|
-24 |
|
|
-24 |
|
|
|
701 |
|
|
-49.8 |
|
|
762 |
|
|
-53.8 |
|
|
| Salt |
60 |
|
|
65 |
|
|
-5 |
|
|
-5 |
|
|
|
168 |
|
|
-64.3 |
|
|
149 |
|
|
-59.7 |
|
|
| Nonsalt |
293 |
|
|
311 |
|
|
-18 |
|
|
-18 |
|
|
|
533 |
|
|
-45.0 |
|
|
614 |
|
|
-52.3 |
|
|
| Total |
822 |
|
|
896 |
|
|
-74 |
|
|
-74 |
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
|
-51.6 |
|
|
1,814 |
|
|
-54.7 |
|
|
|
Summary
Working gas in storage was 822 Bcf as of Friday, March 28, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 74 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 878 Bcf less than last year at this time and 992 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,814 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 448 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 46 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 410 Bcf below the 5-year average of 762 Bcf after a net withdrawal of 24 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 134 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 4 Bcf. At 822 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.