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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending December 16, 2016 | Released: December 22, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: December 29, 2016
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (12/16/15) |
5-year average (2011-15) |
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| Region | 12/16/16 | 12/09/16 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 810 | 865 | -55 | -55 | 894 | -9.4 | 846 | -4.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,007 | 1,071 | -64 | -64 | 1,055 | -4.5 | 974 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 230 | 244 | -14 | -14 | 199 | 15.6 | 193 | 19.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 302 | 312 | -10 | -10 | 350 | -13.7 | 335 | -9.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,248 | 1,314 | -66 | -66 | 1,324 | -5.7 | 1,171 | 6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 363 | 388 | -25 | -25 | 377 | -3.7 | 312 | 16.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 884 | 927 | -43 | -43 | 947 | -6.7 | 859 | 2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,597 | 3,806 | -209 | -209 | 3,823 | -5.9 | 3,519 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,597 Bcf as of Friday, December 16, 2016, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 209 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 226 Bcf less than last year at this time and 78 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,519 Bcf. At 3,597 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2011 through 2015. The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.