Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 31, 2014 | Released: November 6, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: November 14, 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 (10/31/13) |
5-Year average (2009-2013) |
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| Region | 10/31/14 | 10/24/14 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 1,956 | 1,913 | 43 | 43 | 1,973 | -0.9 | 2,063 | -5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 498 | 490 | 8 | 8 | 555 | -10.3 | 528 | -5.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 1,117 | 1,077 | 40 | 40 | 1,282 | -12.9 | 1,241 | -10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 314 | 298 | 16 | 16 | 324 | -3.1 | 253 | 24.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 803 | 778 | 25 | 25 | 958 | -16.2 | 988 | -18.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,571 | 3,480 | 91 | 91 | 3,809 | -6.2 | 3,832 | -6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,571 Bcf as of Friday, October 31, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 91 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 238 Bcf less than last year at this time and 261 Bcf below the 5-year average of 3,832 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 107 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 43 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 124 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,241 Bcf after a net injection of 40 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 30 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net addition of 8 Bcf. At 3,571 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.