| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN |
|
|
Historical Comparisons |
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
|
Year ago
(04/18/13) |
5-Year average
(2009-2013) |
| Region |
04/18/14 |
04/11/14 |
net change |
implied flow |
|
(Bcf) |
% change |
(Bcf) |
% change |
| East |
328 |
|
|
311 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
683 |
|
|
-52.0 |
|
|
798 |
|
|
-58.9 |
|
|
| West |
178 |
|
|
168 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
334 |
|
|
-46.7 |
|
|
305 |
|
|
-41.6 |
|
|
| Producing |
393 |
|
|
371 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
712 |
|
|
-44.8 |
|
|
805 |
|
|
-51.2 |
|
|
| Salt |
89 |
|
|
76 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
186 |
|
|
-52.2 |
|
|
164 |
|
|
-45.7 |
|
|
| Nonsalt |
304 |
|
|
295 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
526 |
|
|
-42.2 |
|
|
641 |
|
|
-52.6 |
|
|
| Total |
899 |
|
|
850 |
|
|
49 |
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
1,730 |
|
|
-48.0 |
|
|
1,907 |
|
|
-52.9 |
|
|
|
Summary
Working gas in storage was 899 Bcf as of Friday, April 18, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 49 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 831 Bcf less than last year at this time and 1,008 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,907 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 470 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 17 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 412 Bcf below the 5-year average of 805 Bcf after a net injection of 22 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 127 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net addition of 10 Bcf. At 899 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.