Natural Gas Inventory 65 bcf vs 55 bcf Expected
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E-mail| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 statesSummary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (08/07/14) | 5-Year average (2010-2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 08/07/15 | 07/31/15 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 1,407 | 1,354 | 53 | 53 | 1,269 | 10.9 | 1,468 | -4.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 471 | 466 | 5 | 5 | 396 | 18.9 | 454 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 1,099 | 1,092 | 7 | 7 | 791 | 38.9 | 975 | 12.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 291 | 292 | -1 | -1 | 213 | 36.6 | 198 | 47.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 808 | 800 | 8 | 8 | 579 | 39.6 | 777 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,977 | 2,912 | 65 | 65 | 2,456 | 21.2 | 2,896 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,977 Bcf as of Friday, August 7, 2015, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 65 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 521 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 81 Bcf above the 5-year average of 2,896 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 61 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 53 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 124 Bcf above the 5-year average of 975 Bcf after a net injection of 7 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 17 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 5 Bcf. At 2,977 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 2010 through 2014.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.
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