Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending May 17, 2013. | Released: May 23, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: May 30, 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 (05/17/12) |
5-Year average (2008-2012) |
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| Region | 05/17/13 | 05/10/13 | change | (Bcf) | % change | (Bcf) | % change | ||||||||
| East | 857 | 811 | 46 | 1,275 | -32.8 | 968 | -11.5 | ||||||||
| West | 368 | 357 | 11 | 397 | -7.3 | 319 | 15.4 | ||||||||
| Producing | 828 | 796 | 32 | 1,061 | -22.0 | 850 | -2.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 239 | 228 | 11 | 254 | -5.9 | 160 | 49.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 589 | 569 | 20 | 807 | -27.0 | 690 | -14.6 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,053 | 1,964 | 89 | 2,733 | -24.9 | 2,137 | -3.9 | ||||||||
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,053 Bcf as of Friday, May 17, 2013, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 89 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 680 Bcf less than last year at this time and 84 Bcf below the 5-year average of 2,137 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 111 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 46 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 22 Bcf below the 5-year average of 850 Bcf after a net injection of 32 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 49 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 11 Bcf. At 2,053 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.