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EIA ReportsU.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION Energy Information Administration Will Begin Weekly Natural Gas Storage Survey in May; The Energy Information Administration (EIA) will begin publishing weekly regional and national estimates of natural gas in storage beginning in May of this year. This new survey, along with today's announcement by the American Gas Association (AGA) that they will continue to publish their weekly gas storage survey through May 1, 2002 (with data for April 26), ensures that there will be no lapse in coverage of this important market indicator. EIA plans to provide weekly estimates of working gas in storage for the same three regions of the United States for which AGA has provided estimates. The EIA and AGA series are expected to be similar but may not be identical because of some differences in respondents and methodology. EIA expects to release its first storage estimates (with data for the week ending May 3) on Thursday May 9, 2002 at 9 a.m . At the time of EIA's first release, EIA will also release its estimates of storage for several prior weeks along with a comparison to the corresponding AGA estimates. These estimates and a description of EIA's methodology will be provided to help industry analysts and data customers adjust to any differences. As part of its request for expedited collection authority from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), EIA will release a Federal Register Notice by December 18 describing the new survey and requesting comment. Copies of the Federal Register Notice and the EIA supporting statement to OMB will be available on EIA's Internet site at http://www.eia.doe.gov. Comments may be directed to the individuals named in that notice.
EIA Program Contact: Elizabeth Campbell, 202/586-5590 EIA-2001-15 Contact:
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