Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states |
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (05/24/12) |
5-Year
average (2008-2012) |
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| Region | 05/24/13 | 05/17/13 | change | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | ||||||||
| East | 910 | 857 | 53 | 1,319 | -31.0 | 1,020 | -10.8 | ||||||||
| West | 380 | 368 | 12 | 408 | -6.9 | 333 | 14.1 | ||||||||
| Producing | 851 | 828 | 23 | 1,078 | -21.1 | 876 | -2.9 | ||||||||
| Salt | 243 | 239 | 4 | 260 | -6.5 | 166 | 46.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 608 | 589 | 19 | 817 | -25.6 | 710 | -14.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,141 | 2,053 | 88 | 2,805 | -23.7 | 2,229 | -3.9 | ||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,141 Bcf as of Friday, May 24, 2013, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 88 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 664 Bcf less than last year at this time and 88 Bcf below the 5-year average of 2,229 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 110 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 53 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 25 Bcf below the 5-year average of 876 Bcf after a net injection of 23 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 47 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 12 Bcf. At 2,141 Bcf, total working gas is within the 5-year historical range.
Note: The shaded area indicates the
range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly
series from 2008 through 2012.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas
Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago
weekly periods.