Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending December 5, 2025 | Released: December 11, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: December 18, 2025
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (12/05/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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| Region | 12/05/25 | 11/28/25 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 843 | 888 | -45 | -45 | 864 | -2.4 | 861 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,030 | 1,088 | -58 | -58 | 1,064 | -3.2 | 1,049 | -1.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 277 | 288 | -11 | -11 | 283 | -2.1 | 230 | 20.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 306 | 315 | -9 | -9 | 303 | 1.0 | 276 | 10.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,290 | 1,345 | -55 | -55 | 1,259 | 2.5 | 1,227 | 5.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 354 | 371 | -17 | -17 | 343 | 3.2 | 339 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 936 | 974 | -38 | -38 | 916 | 2.2 | 887 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,746 | 3,923 | -177 | -177 | 3,774 | -0.7 | 3,643 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,746 Bcf as of Friday, December 5, 2025, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 177 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 28 Bcf less than last year at this time and 103 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,643 Bcf.
At 3,746 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
For information on sampling error in this report, see Estimated Measures of Sampling Variability table below.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2020 through 2024. The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.
| Estimated measures of sampling variabilityDownload History (April 2015 to Present) | |||||||||||
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| Coefficient of Variation for Stocks % of working gas |
Standard Error for Net Change billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
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| Region | 12/05/25 | 11/28/25 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | ||||||||