Net injections in EIA’s salt storage region match record, drive near-record injections in South Central region

(Thu, 31 Oct 2019) Net injections into working gas storage in the South Central region totaled 44 billion cubic feet (Bcf) for the week ending October 25, 2019. Net injections into salt dome working gas storage facilities totaled 25 Bcf for the week, matching the previous record for the week ending October 14, 2016. This week’s combined salt and non-salt implied net flows into working gas in the South Central region is tied for the fifth largest weekly net injection on record in the history of the five-region weekly working gas estimates, dating to 2010.

Cumulative net injections exceed the five-year average in all regions of the Lower 48 states during the 2019 refill season

(Fri, 25 Oct 2019) Working gas stocks climbed higher than the five-year average for the first time since the fall of 2017 as a result of near-record injections into working gas stocks during the 2019 refill season (typically April through November). The deficit to the five-year average reached 565 billion cubic feet (Bcf)—its highest level during 2019—during the week ending March 8. The deficit fell somewhat during the weeks leading up to the 2019 refill season.

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