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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending January 24, 2025   |   Released: January 30, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: February 6, 2025

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(01/24/24)
5-year average
(2020-24)
Region 01/24/25 01/17/25 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 552     613     -61     -61       620     -11.0     612     -9.8    
Midwest 661     744     -83     -83       744     -11.2     732     -9.7    
Mountain 212     229     -17     -17       188     12.8     154     37.7    
Pacific 246     269     -23     -23       224     9.8     210     17.1    
South Central 901     1,037     -136     -136       939     -4.0     975     -7.6    
   Salt 229     297     -68     -68       254     -9.8     280     -18.2    
   Nonsalt 672     739     -67     -67       686     -2.0     695     -3.3    
Total 2,571     2,892     -321     -321       2,715     -5.3     2,682     -4.1    
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.


Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,571 Bcf as of Friday, January 24, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 321 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 144 Bcf less than last year at this time and 111 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,682 Bcf. At 2,571 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.

Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with Five-Year Range

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)
   
Coefficient of Variation for Stocks
% of working gas
  Standard Error for Net Change
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
Region 01/24/25 01/17/25   net change
East 0.8     0.8       0.7    
Midwest 0.8     0.8       1.0    
Mountain 2.2     2.3       0.5    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.8     0.8       1.4    
   Salt 1.6     1.4       1.0    
   Nonsalt 1.0     1.0       0.9    
Total 0.4     0.4       1.9