| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN |
|
|
Historical Comparisons |
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
|
Year ago
(04/04/13) |
5-Year average
(2009-2013) |
| Region |
04/04/14 |
03/28/14 |
net change |
implied flow |
|
(Bcf) |
% change |
(Bcf) |
% change |
| East |
305 |
|
|
310 |
|
|
-5 |
|
|
-5 |
|
|
|
648 |
|
|
-52.9 |
|
|
753 |
|
|
-59.5 |
|
|
| West |
160 |
|
|
160 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
336 |
|
|
-52.4 |
|
|
297 |
|
|
-46.1 |
|
|
| Producing |
361 |
|
|
352 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
-47.8 |
|
|
772 |
|
|
-53.2 |
|
|
| Salt |
68 |
|
|
60 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
168 |
|
|
-59.5 |
|
|
154 |
|
|
-55.8 |
|
|
| Nonsalt |
293 |
|
|
293 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
523 |
|
|
-44.0 |
|
|
618 |
|
|
-52.6 |
|
|
| Total |
826 |
|
|
822 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
1,675 |
|
|
-50.7 |
|
|
1,823 |
|
|
-54.7 |
|
|
|
Summary
Working gas in storage was 826 Bcf as of Friday, April 4, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 4 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 849 Bcf less than last year at this time and 997 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,823 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 448 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 5 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 411 Bcf below the 5-year average of 772 Bcf after a net injection of 9 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 137 Bcf below the 5-year average after no net change. At 826 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.