Natural gas withdrawal better than expectations

Working gas in storage was 1,673 Bcf as of Friday, March 29, 2013, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net change of -14 Bcf greater analyst estimates of ~-3 Bcf. Stocks were 804 Bcf less than last year at this time and 37 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,739 Bcf.

[table] [attr style=”width: 25%”]`[attr style=”width: 25%”]April 5`[attr style=”width: 25%”]March 29`[attr style=”width: 25%”]Change
East`646`662`-16
West`337`330`+7
Producing`690`695`-5
Total`1,673`1,687`-14
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Source: EIA