Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 24, 2014 | Released: October 30, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: November 6, 2014
| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (10/24/13) |
5-Year average (2009-2013) |
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| Region | 10/24/14 | 10/17/14 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 1,913 | 1,872 | 41 | 41 | 1,962 | -2.5 | 2,043 | -6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 490 | 482 | 8 | 8 | 552 | -11.2 | 524 | -6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 1,077 | 1,039 | 38 | 38 | 1,260 | -14.5 | 1,223 | -11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 298 | 285 | 13 | 13 | 317 | -6.0 | 246 | 21.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 778 | 754 | 24 | 24 | 943 | -17.5 | 977 | -20.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,480 | 3,393 | 87 | 87 | 3,774 | -7.8 | 3,790 | -8.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,480 Bcf as of Friday, October 24, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 87 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 294 Bcf less than last year at this time and 310 Bcf below the 5-year average of 3,790 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 130 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 41 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 146 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,223 Bcf after a net injection of 38 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 34 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net addition of 8 Bcf. At 3,480 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.