EIA estimates that working gas in storage as of November 4, 2005 was 3,229 Bcf, which is 123 Bcf (4 percent) above the 5-year average inventory level. Although Natural Gas storage remains above the 5-year average, the double blows of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita reduced the peak storage achievable over the remainder of the injection season from what was expected previously. Expected working gas in storage at the end of the fourth quarter is expected to be about 2.5 Tcf, 200 Bcf below year-ago levels and about 50 Bcf above the 5-year average.
As of 2003, top natural-gas-producing states (in descending order) included Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Louisiana, Colorado, Alaska, Kansas, Alabama and California.