Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending June 7, 2013. | Released: June 13, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: June 20, 2013
| 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 (06/07/12) |
5-Year average (2008-2012) |
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| Region | 06/07/13 | 05/31/13 | change | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | ||||||||
| East | 1,025 | 968 | 57 | 1,400 | -26.8 | 1,127 | -9.1 | ||||||||
| West | 409 | 396 | 13 | 434 | -5.8 | 363 | 12.7 | ||||||||
| Producing | 913 | 888 | 25 | 1,100 | -17.0 | 915 | -0.2 | ||||||||
| Salt | 259 | 254 | 5 | 261 | -0.8 | 172 | 50.6 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 654 | 634 | 20 | 840 | -22.1 | 743 | -12.0 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,347 | 2,252 | 95 | 2,934 | -20.0 | 2,405 | -2.4 | ||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,347 Bcf as of Friday, June 7, 2013, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 95 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 587 Bcf less than last year at this time and 58 Bcf below the 5-year average of 2,405 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 102 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 57 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 2 Bcf below the 5-year average of 915 Bcf after a net injection of 25 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 46 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 13 Bcf. At 2,347 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.