Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending February 1, 2013. | Released: February 7, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: February 14, 2013
| 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 (02/01/12) |
5-Year average (2008-2012) |
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| Region | 02/01/13 | 01/25/13 | change | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | ||||||||
| East | 1,303 | 1,391 | -88 | 1,429 | -8.8 | 1,185 | 10.0 | ||||||||
| West | 388 | 398 | -10 | 390 | -0.5 | 329 | 17.9 | ||||||||
| Producing | 993 | 1,013 | -20 | 1,091 | -9.0 | 819 | 21.2 | ||||||||
| Salt | 240 | 244 | -4 | 251 | -4.4 | 125 | 92.0 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 753 | 769 | -16 | 840 | -10.4 | 694 | 8.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,684 | 2,802 | -118 | 2,910 | -7.8 | 2,333 | 15.0 | ||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,684 Bcf as of Friday, February 1, 2013, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 118 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 226 Bcf less than last year at this time and 351 Bcf above the 5-year average of 2,333 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 118 Bcf above the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 88 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 174 Bcf above the 5-year average of 819 Bcf after a net withdrawal of 20 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 59 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 10 Bcf. At 2,684 Bcf, total working gas is within the 5-year historical range.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2008 through 2012.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.