Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 10, 2014 | Released: October 16, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: October 23, 2014
| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (10/10/13) |
5-Year average (2009-2013) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 10/10/14 | 10/03/14 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 1,825 | 1,776 | 49 | 49 | 1,890 | -3.4 | 1,976 | -7.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 474 | 464 | 10 | 10 | 544 | -12.9 | 511 | -7.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 1,000 | 965 | 35 | 35 | 1,209 | -17.3 | 1,173 | -14.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 272 | 260 | 12 | 12 | 293 | -7.2 | 225 | 20.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 728 | 705 | 23 | 23 | 916 | -20.5 | 949 | -23.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,299 | 3,205 | 94 | 94 | 3,643 | -9.4 | 3,661 | -9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,299 Bcf as of Friday, October 10, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 94 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 344 Bcf less than last year at this time and 362 Bcf below the 5-year average of 3,661 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 151 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 49 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 173 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,173 Bcf after a net injection of 35 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 37 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net addition of 10 Bcf. At 3,299 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.