Underground natural gas storage in the United States, 1980 to 1981 heating year (April 1980-March 1981)

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6138459

Koelling, G W

As of March 31, 1981, the end of the 1980 to 1981 heating year, the nation had 5248 billion cubic feet of natural gas in its underground storage reservoirs. Of this total, approximately 69.2 percent was base, or cushion gas and 30.8 percent was working gas. Working gas in storage at the end of the 1980 to 1981 heating year totaled 1618 billion cubic feet, approximately 2.1 percent above that available at the beginning of the heating year. This increase resulted from an excess of storage injections over withdrawals (net injections) of 102 billion cubic feet during the heating year. These net injections also resulted in a 2.5 percent increase, to 3630 billion cubic feet, in the volume of base gas in storage. However, it should be noted that the total of working and base gas in storage at the end of the 1980 to 1981 heating year differs slightly from the sum of gas in storage at the beginning of the heating year and net injections during the year. This is due to changes and revisions in the quantities of native gas included in base gas and losses in base gas due to migration from storage reservoirs. All volumes of natural gas in this report are on a pressure base of 14.73 psia at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Oil and Gas Resource Applications
• OSTI ID: 6138459
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0239-80; ON: DE81029909
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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