UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory 49 bcf vs 50 bcf Expected
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Working gas in storage was 3,978 Bcf as of Friday, November 6, 2015, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 49 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 373 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 173 Bcf above the 5-year average of 3,805 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 17 Bcf above the 5-year average following net injections of 31 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 145 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,238 Bcf after a net injection of 15 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 11 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 3 Bcf. At 3,978 Bcf, total working gas is above the 5-year historical range.
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (11/06/14) | 5-Year average (2010-2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 11/06/15 | 10/30/15 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 2,057 | 2,026 | 31 | 31 | 1,963 | 4.8 | 2,040 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 538 | 535 | 3 | 3 | 501 | 7.4 | 527 | 2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 1,383 | 1,368 | 15 | 15 | 1,141 | 21.2 | 1,238 | 11.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 373 | 371 | 2 | 2 | 325 | 14.8 | 284 | 31.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1,010 | 997 | 13 | 13 | 816 | 23.8 | 954 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,978 | 3,929 | 49 | 49 | 3,605 | 10.3 | 3,805 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
This report, for the week ending November 6, 2015, will be the last report EIA publishes using the three-region format. As previously announced, the five-region format for the week ending November 6, 2015, will be published on Monday, November 16, 2015, at 3 p.m. Details of the new file formats can be found at: http://ir.eia.gov/ngs/notice.html.
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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