Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending April 11, 2014 | Released: April 17, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: April 24, 2014
| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (04/11/13) |
5-Year average (2009-2013) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 04/11/14 | 04/04/14 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 311 | 305 | 6 | 6 | 662 | -53.0 | 771 | -59.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 168 | 160 | 8 | 8 | 336 | -50.0 | 300 | -44.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 371 | 361 | 10 | 10 | 701 | -47.1 | 789 | -53.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 76 | 68 | 8 | 8 | 177 | -57.1 | 160 | -52.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 295 | 293 | 2 | 2 | 524 | -43.7 | 628 | -53.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 850 | 826 | 24 | 24 | 1,700 | -50.0 | 1,860 | -54.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 850 Bcf as of Friday, April 11, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 24 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 850 Bcf less than last year at this time and 1,010 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,860 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 460 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 6 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 418 Bcf below the 5-year average of 789 Bcf after a net injection of 10 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 132 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net addition of 8 Bcf. At 850 Bcf, total working gas is below the 5-year historical range.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2009 through 2013.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.