UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory +80 bcf vs +71 bcf Expected
(Updated - October 6, 2016 10:31 AM EDT)
Natural Gas Inventory +80 bcf vs +71 bcf Expected
Working gas in storage was 3,680 Bcf as of Friday, September 30, 2016, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 80 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 74 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 205 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,475 Bcf. At 3,680 Bcf, total working gas is above the five-year historical range.
| billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (09/30/15) | 5-year average (2011-15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 09/30/16 | 09/23/16 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 899 | 874 | 25 | 25 | 856 | 5.0 | 860 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,045 | 1,014 | 31 | 31 | 975 | 7.2 | 982 | 6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 237 | 233 | 4 | 4 | 205 | 15.6 | 197 | 20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 318 | 318 | 0 | 0 | 358 | -11.2 | 343 | -7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,181 | 1,161 | 20 | 20 | 1,213 | -2.6 | 1,091 | 8.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 289 | 275 | 14 | 14 | 328 | -11.9 | 257 | 12.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 893 | 885 | 8 | 8 | 885 | 0.9 | 834 | 7.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,680 | 3,600 | 80 | 80 | 3,606 | 2.1 | 3,475 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||

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.
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