Underground storage of gas in the United States and Canada. Twenty-sixth annual report on statistics of the Committee on Underground Storage

Technical Report · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7081095

All phases of storage operation continued to increase and provided vital supplies of gas during the most severe winter in the history of the industry, exemplified by an increase of some 5 billion cubic feet per day on maximum day output from storage from 30.6 Bcf/d to 35.5 Bcf/d. Details of these and other aspects of storage, including a statement describing the unique function of underground gas storage, a brief history of storage, statistics on aquifers, underground storage in Canada, notes to explain certain column headings, and a map showing locations of storage reservoirs in the United States, are presented. Data in the report are summarized as follows: (1) number of reservoirs--386 in 26 states; an increase of 10 reservoirs over 1975; (2) total capacity--6.927 Tcf; an increase of 283 Bcf over 1975; (3) maximum day output from storage--35.5 Bcf; an increase of 4.9 Bcf from 1975; (4) gas withdrawn from storage--2.060 Tcf; an increase of 328 Bcf over 1975; (5) recoverable gas in storage--4.053 Tcf; a decrease of .188 Bcf from 1975; (6) capital investment--estimated at more than 2.3 billion dollars (includes all physical properties and base gas; and (7) storage compressor stations--1.342 million horsepower; an increase of 24 thousand from 1975. (JRD)

• Research Organization: American Gas Association, Arlington, Va. (USA). Committee on Underground Storage
• OSTI ID: 7081095
• Report Number(s): NP-22484
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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