UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory 95 bcf vs 98 bcf Expected
- Natural Gas Inventory 95 bcf vs 98 bcf Expected
Working gas in storage was 3,633 Bcf as of Friday, October 2, 2015, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 95 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 443 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 155 Bcf above the 5-year average of 3,478 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 22 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 57 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 163 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,099 Bcf after a net injection of 30 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 14 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 8 Bcf. At 3,633 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 (10/02/14) | 5-Year average (2010-2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 10/02/15 | 09/25/15 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 1,861 | 1,804 | 57 | 57 | 1,767 | 5.3 | 1,883 | -1.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 510 | 502 | 8 | 8 | 462 | 10.4 | 496 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 1,262 | 1,232 | 30 | 30 | 960 | 31.5 | 1,099 | 14.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 331 | 321 | 10 | 10 | 258 | 28.3 | 227 | 45.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 932 | 911 | 21 | 21 | 702 | 32.8 | 872 | 6.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,633 | 3,538 | 95 | 95 | 3,190 | 13.9 | 3,478 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
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.

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