Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending July 18, 2014 | Released: July 24, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: July 31, 2014
| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (07/18/13) |
5-Year average (2009-2013) |
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| Region | 07/18/14 | 07/11/14 | net change | implied flow | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 1,100 | 1,044 | 56 | 56 | 1,302 | -15.5 | 1,419 | -22.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 369 | 358 | 11 | 11 | 454 | -18.7 | 449 | -17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Producing | 750 | 727 | 23 | 23 | 1,023 | -26.7 | 1,034 | -27.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 207 | 201 | 6 | 6 | 274 | -24.5 | 205 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 543 | 525 | 18 | 18 | 749 | -27.5 | 829 | -34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,219 | 2,129 | 90 | 90 | 2,780 | -20.2 | 2,902 | -23.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,219 Bcf as of Friday, July 18, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 90 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 561 Bcf less than last year at this time and 683 Bcf below the 5-year average of 2,902 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 319 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 56 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 284 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,034 Bcf after a net injection of 23 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 80 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net addition of 11 Bcf. At 2,219 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.