Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. decreases: EIA

HOUSTON, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,719 billion cubic feet in the week ending Dec. 1, a net decrease of 117 billion cubic feet from the previous week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday.

The total working gas storage rose by 7.3 percent from this time last year, and was up 6.7 percent above the five-year average, according to the EIA's Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report.