U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 28, 2003

NOTE TO EDITORS:

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is releasing this statement in response to several recent press reports that EIA has changed the way it estimates the amount of natural gas in storage each week.

In fact, EIA has not made any recent changes to its estimation process. EIA is examining possible enhancements to the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR) system, but this examination occurs regularly and on an ongoing basis. No future changes have been decided upon or scheduled. Moreover, before EIA would introduce any changes to the WNGSR, those changes would first be publicly announced.

This Note to Editors was prepared by the Energy Information Administration, the independent statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. The information contained in the Note should be attributed to the Energy Information Administration and should not be construed as advocating or reflecting any policy position of the Department of Energy or any other organization.

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