Table 12. Underground natural gas storage - storage fields other than salt caverns, 1997-2003; - volumes in billion cubic feet

Natural Gas Monthly, Nov, 2003

Table 12. Underground Natural Gas Storage - Storage Fields Other than
Salt Caverns, 1997-2003
(Volumes in Billion Cubic Feet)

                    Natural Gas in       Change in
                   Non-Salt Cavern       Working Gas
                 Underground Storage      from Same
                   at End of Period    Period Previous Year

     Year        Base   Working  Total  Volume  Percent
     and          Gas     Gas
    Month

1997 Total (a)    -       -       -      -       -
1998 Total (a)    -       -       -      -       -
1999 Total (a)    -       -       -      -       -
2000 Total (a)    -       -       -      -       -

2001

  January       4,273    1,192   5,465    -504   -29.7
  February      4,259      846   5,105    -392   -31.5
  March         4,232      688   4,920    -396   -36.3
  April         4,192      921   5,113    -208   -17.0
  May           4,239    1,355   5,594      -1     0.4
  June          4,239    1,798   6,037     171    11.2
  July          4,245    2,172   6,417     266    14.4
  August        4,242    2,490   6,732     380    18.5
  September     4,247    2,844   7,091     450    19.9
  October       4,238    3,036   7,274     411    15.7
  November      4,224    3,131   7,354     799    34.3
  December      4,224    2,789   7,013   1,142    69.3

   Total          -       -       -      -       -

2002

  January       4,236    2,251   6,487   1,059    88.8
  February      4,279    1,764   6,043     918   108.6
  March         4,278    1,453   5,731     764   111.0
  April         4,278    1,582   5,860     661    71.7
  May           4,284    1,875   6,159     520    38.4
  June          4,278    2,205   6,483     407    22.6
  July          4,278    2,448   6,725     275    12.7
  August        4,277    2,678   6,954     188     7.5
  September     4,261    2,939   7,201      95     3.3
  October       4,260    3,008   7,268     -28    -0.9
  November      4,269    2,823   7,092    -308    -9.8
  December      4,265    2,273   6,539    -516   -18.5

   Total          -       -       -      -       -

2003

  January       4,265    1,478   5,743    -773   -34.3
  February      4,258      826   5,084    -938   -53.2
  March         4,249      673   4,922    -780   -53.7
  April         4,240      824   5,064    -758   -47.9
  May           4,247    1,213   5,461    -662   -35.3
  June          4,248    1,671   5,919    -534   -24.2
  July          4,248    2,031   6,279    -417   -17.0
  August        4,250    2,333   6,583    -345   -12.9
  September     4,253    2,720   6,973    -219    -7.4

                          Storage Activity

     Year                                    Net
     and        Injections  Withdrawals  Withdrawals
    Month

1997 Total (a)    2,533        2,551           18
1998 Total (a)    2,608        2,103         -504
1999 Total (a)    2,338        2,512          175
2000 Total (a)    2,388        3,178          790

2001

  January            60          558          498
  February           55          389          334
  March              96          264          168
  April             317           55         -262
  May               490           26         -464
  June              464           23         -441
  July              421           39         -382
  August            358           49         -308
  September         378           22         -356
  October           248           68         -180
  November          176          117          -59
  December           61          404          343

   Total          3,123        2,015       -1,108

2002

  January            36          560          524
  February           35          479          444
  March              78          389          311
  April             208           94         -114
  May               346           39         -307
  June              363           35         -328
  July              312           65         -247
  August            290           62         -228
  September         330           45         -285
  October           191          114          -77
  November           95          293          198
  December           36          590          554

   Total          2,320        2,765          445

2003

  January            23          821          798
  February           23          681          658
  March             130          284          154
  April             243           99         -144
  May               418           21         -397
  June              474           15         -459
  July              395           35         -360
  August            343           37         -306
  September         408           19         -389

(a) Total as of December 31.
- Not Applicable.

Notes: Data for 1997 through 2001 are final. All other data are
preliminary unless otherwise noted. See Explanatory Note 6 for
discussion of the reporting of underground storage information. Gas in
storage at the end of a reporting period may not equal the quantity
derived by adding or subtracting net injections or withdrawals during
the period to the quantity of gas in storage at the beginning of the
period. This is due to changes in the quantities of native gas included
in base gas and/or losses in base gas due to migration from storage
reservoirs. Totals may not equal sum of components because of
independent rounding. Geographic coverage is the 50 States and the
District of Columbia. Positive net withdrawals indicate the volume of
withdrawals in excess of injections. Negative net withdrawals indicate
the volume of injections in excess of withdrawals.

Sources: Form EIA-191, "Monthly Underground Gas Storage Report," and
Form EIA-176, "Annual Report of Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply and