| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN |
|
|
Historical Comparisons |
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
|
Year ago
(02/27/14) |
5-Year average
(2010-2014) |
| Region |
02/27/15 |
02/20/15 |
net change |
implied flow |
|
(Bcf) |
% change |
(Bcf) |
% change |
| East |
722 |
|
|
843 |
|
|
-121 |
|
|
-121 |
|
|
|
537 |
|
|
34.5 |
|
|
854 |
|
|
-15.5 |
|
|
| West |
355 |
|
|
371 |
|
|
-16 |
|
|
-16 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
|
83.0 |
|
|
286 |
|
|
24.1 |
|
|
| Producing |
633 |
|
|
724 |
|
|
-91 |
|
|
-91 |
|
|
|
487 |
|
|
30.0 |
|
|
713 |
|
|
-11.2 |
|
|
| Salt |
136 |
|
|
181 |
|
|
-45 |
|
|
-45 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
|
52.8 |
|
|
134 |
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
| Nonsalt |
496 |
|
|
542 |
|
|
-46 |
|
|
-46 |
|
|
|
398 |
|
|
24.6 |
|
|
579 |
|
|
-14.3 |
|
|
| Total |
1,710 |
|
|
1,938 |
|
|
-228 |
|
|
-228 |
|
|
|
1,218 |
|
|
40.4 |
|
|
1,853 |
|
|
-7.7 |
|
|
|
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,710 Bcf as of Friday, February 27, 2015, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 228 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 492 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 143 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,853 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 132 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 121 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 80 Bcf below the 5-year average of 713 Bcf after a net withdrawal of 91 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 69 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 16 Bcf. At 1,710 Bcf, total working gas is within the 5-year historical range.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2010 through 2014.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.