Table 8.  Gas Storage Capacity and Deliverability in the Northeast, 1998

Region and State

Working Gas Capacity
(Million Cubic Feet)

Total Capacity
(Million Cubic Feet)

Peak Day Deliverabilityb
(Million Cubic Feet per Day)

Days of Supply
at Full Capacity

Middle Atlantic

       

  Underground

       

    New York

84,389

187,924

1,097

76.9

    Pennsylvania

384,610

739,492

7,070

54.4

      Total

468,999

927,417

8,167

57.4

  LNG

       

    New York

3,399

3,399

772

4.4

    New Jersey

4,962

4,962

714

6.9

    Pennsylvania

4,253

4,253

544

7.8

      Total

12,614

12,614

2,030

6.2

New England

       

  LNG

       

    Connecticut

2,549

2,549

127

20.1

    Massachusetts

9,413

9,413

999

9.4

    New Hampshire

4

4

5

0.8

    Rhode Island

2,469

2,469

257

9.6

      Total

14,435

14,435

1,388

10.4

Northeast

     

 

  Underground

468,999

927,417

8,167

57.4

  LNG

27,049

27,049

3,418

7.9

    Total

496,048

954,466

11,585

a

aLNG totals should not be added to underground  storage, because LNG is normally used to satisfy peak demand when underground storage is also being used.
bPeak day deliverability at 11,585 million cubic feet per day is available only for about 8 days. For the remainder of the winter, without LNG, peak day deliverability is 8,167 million cubic feet per day.
Sources: Energy Information Administration (EIA), EIAGIS-NG Geographic Information System, Underground Natural Gas Storage Database and LNG Facilities Database, as of March 2000.

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