Weekly Gas Storage Report Released 10-8-2015.

Limited upward pressure on electricity prices. 

The U.S. Energy Information Administration previously announced upcoming changes to the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR). Details and dates for the public testing of the new file formats can be found at:http://ir.eia.gov/ngs/notice.html.

Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,633 Bcf as of Friday, October 2, 2015, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 95 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 443 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 155 Bcf above the 5-year average of 3,478 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 22 Bcf below the 5-year average following net injections of 57 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 163 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,099 Bcf after a net injection of 30 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 14 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 8 Bcf. At 3,633 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 2010 through 2014.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.