Released: October 11, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. (eastern time) for the Week Ending October 5, 2012.
Next Release: October 18, 2012
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| Working Gas in Underground Storage, Lower 48 |
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Historical Comparisons |
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Year Ago (10/05/11) |
5-Year (2007-2011) Average |
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| Notes and Definitions
Beginning with the report period for the week ending March 16, 2012, EIA is including salt dome and nonsalt facility subtotals for the Producing Region in the Summary section. The sum of the components may not equal the total for the Producing Region, because of independent rounding.
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,725 Bcf as of Friday, October 5, 2012,
according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 72 Bcf from the previous week.
Stocks were 236 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 269 Bcf above
the 5-year average of 3,456 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 67 Bcf above
the 5-year average following net injections of 42 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 160 Bcf above
the 5-year average of 1,047 Bcf after
a net injection of 27 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region
were 42 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 3 Bcf. At 3,725 Bcf,
total working gas is above the 5-year historical range.
Working gas stocks in the Producing Region, for the week ending October 05, 2012, totaled 1,207 Bcf, with 260 Bcf in salt cavern facilities and 947 Bcf in nonsalt cavern facilities. Working gas stocks increased 15 Bcf in the salt cavern facilities and increased 12 Bcf in the nonsalt cavern facilities since September 28. An historical series of the salt and nonsalt subtotals of the Producing Region is available for download at: wngsr_producing_region_salt.xls.
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Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum
values for the weekly series from 2007 through 2011.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.
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