UPDATE: Natural Gas Inventory +73 bcf vs +79 bcf Expected
(Updated - May 19, 2016 10:31 AM EDT)
- Natural Gas Inventory +73 bcf vs +79 bcf Expected
Working gas in storage was 2,754 Bcf as of Friday, May 13, 2016, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 73 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 791 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 795 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,959 Bcf. At 2,754 Bcf, total working gas is above the five-year historical range.
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) | Year ago (05/13/15) | 5-year average (2011-15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 05/13/16 | 05/06/16 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 490 | 468 | 22 | 22 | 362 | 35.4 | 404 | 21.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 606 | 582 | 24 | 24 | 357 | 69.7 | 410 | 47.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 166 | 161 | 5 | 5 | 124 | 33.9 | 118 | 40.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 293 | 288 | 5 | 5 | 296 | -1.0 | 242 | 21.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,199 | 1,182 | 17 | 17 | 823 | 45.7 | 785 | 52.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 371 | 368 | 3 | 3 | 249 | 49.0 | 204 | 81.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 828 | 813 | 15 | 15 | 575 | 44.0 | 581 | 42.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,754 | 2,681 | 73 | 73 | 1,963 | 40.3 | 1,959 | 40.6 | |||||||||||||||||

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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