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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending September 16, 2016 | Released: September 22, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: September 29, 2016
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (09/16/15) |
5-year average (2011-15) |
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| Region | 09/16/16 | 09/09/16 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 851 | 832 | 19 | 19 | 805 | 5.7 | 812 | 4.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 985 | 954 | 31 | 31 | 908 | 8.5 | 917 | 7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 230 | 227 | 3 | 3 | 196 | 17.3 | 189 | 21.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 318 | 317 | 1 | 1 | 351 | -9.4 | 334 | -4.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,167 | 1,169 | -2 | -2 | 1,151 | 1.4 | 1,031 | 13.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 278 | 285 | -7 | -7 | 308 | -9.7 | 235 | 18.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 889 | 884 | 5 | 5 | 844 | 5.3 | 797 | 11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,551 | 3,499 | 52 | 52 | 3,411 | 4.1 | 3,283 | 8.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,551 Bcf as of Friday, September 16, 2016, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 52 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 140 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 268 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,283 Bcf. At 3,551 Bcf, total working gas is above the five-year historical range.
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.