UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory 100 bcf vs 91 bcf Expected
Working gas in storage was 3,733 Bcf as of Friday, October 9, 2015, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 100 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 447 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 168 Bcf above the 5-year average of 3,565 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 16 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 51 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 168 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,132 Bcf after a net injection of 38 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 17 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 11 Bcf. At 3,733 Bcf, total working gas is within the 5-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 statesSummary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (10/09/14) | 5-Year average (2010-2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 10/09/15 | 10/02/15 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 1,912 | 1,861 | 51 | 51 | 1,818 | 5.2 | 1,928 | -0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 521 | 510 | 11 | 11 | 473 | 10.1 | 504 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 1,300 | 1,262 | 38 | 38 | 995 | 30.7 | 1,132 | 14.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 346 | 331 | 15 | 15 | 270 | 28.1 | 238 | 45.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 954 | 932 | 22 | 22 | 725 | 31.6 | 894 | 6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,733 | 3,633 | 100 | 100 | 3,286 | 13.6 | 3,565 | 4.7 | |||||||||||||||||
The U.S. Energy Information Administration previously announced upcoming changes to the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR). Details and dates for the public testing 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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