Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending May 10, 2013. | Released: May 16, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: May 23, 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 (05/10/12) |
5-Year average (2008-2012) |
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| Region | 05/10/13 | 05/03/13 | change | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | ||||||||
| East | 811 | 756 | 55 | 1,229 | -34.0 | 916 | -11.5 | ||||||||
| West | 357 | 344 | 13 | 385 | -7.3 | 306 | 16.7 | ||||||||
| Producing | 796 | 765 | 31 | 1,044 | -23.8 | 825 | -3.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 228 | 212 | 16 | 238 | -4.2 | 152 | 50.0 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 569 | 553 | 16 | 806 | -29.4 | 673 | -15.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 1,964 | 1,865 | 99 | 2,658 | -26.1 | 2,047 | -4.1 | ||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,964 Bcf as of Friday, May 10, 2013, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 99 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 694 Bcf less than last year at this time and 83 Bcf below the 5-year average of 2,047 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 105 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 55 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 29 Bcf below the 5-year average of 825 Bcf after a net injection of 31 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 51 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 13 Bcf. At 1,964 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.