| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN |
|
|
Historical Comparisons |
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
|
Year ago
(05/01/14) |
5-Year average
(2010-2014) |
| Region |
05/01/15 |
04/24/15 |
net change |
implied flow |
|
(Bcf) |
% change |
(Bcf) |
% change |
| East |
628 |
|
|
597 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
392 |
|
|
60.2 |
|
|
789 |
|
|
-20.4 |
|
|
| West |
368 |
|
|
361 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
201 |
|
|
83.1 |
|
|
297 |
|
|
23.9 |
|
|
| Producing |
790 |
|
|
752 |
|
|
38 |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
451 |
|
|
75.2 |
|
|
767 |
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
| Salt |
223 |
|
|
209 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
99.1 |
|
|
170 |
|
|
31.2 |
|
|
| Nonsalt |
567 |
|
|
543 |
|
|
24 |
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
339 |
|
|
67.3 |
|
|
597 |
|
|
-5.0 |
|
|
| Total |
1,786 |
|
|
1,710 |
|
|
76 |
|
|
76 |
|
|
|
1,044 |
|
|
71.1 |
|
|
1,853 |
|
|
-3.6 |
|
|
|
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,786 Bcf as of Friday, May 1, 2015, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 76 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 742 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 67 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,853 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 161 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 31 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 23 Bcf above the 5-year average of 767 Bcf after a net injection of 38 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 71 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 7 Bcf. At 1,786 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.