Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
								Historical Comparisons
	Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf)							Year ago (11/29/12)				5-Year average (2008-2012)
Region	11/29/13		11/22/13		change			(Bcf)		% change		(Bcf)		% change
East	1,861		1,939		-78			1,994		-6.7		2,019		-7.8
West	530		546		-16			545		-2.8		508		4.3
Producing	1,223		1,291		-68			1,275		-4.1		1,191		2.7
Salt	303		331		-28			316		-4.1		227		33.5
Nonsalt	920		960		-40			959		-4.1		963		-4.5
Total	3,614		3,776		-162			3,814		-5.2		3,718		-2.8

EIA will provide a period of public testing of the upcoming changes to the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report.  Testing will commence on December 10 2013, with follow-up tests later in the month.  Key details, including links to examples of the new WNGSR report files, and the dates and times for public testing are available at:   http://ir.eia.gov/ngs/notice.html.

Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,614 Bcf as of Friday, November 29, 2013, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 162 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 200 Bcf less than last year at this time and 104 Bcf below the 5-year average of 3,718 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 158 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 78 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 32 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,191 Bcf after a net withdrawal of 68 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 22 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 16 Bcf. At 3,614 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.