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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending August 8, 2025   |   Released: August 14, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: August 21, 2025

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(08/08/24)
5-year average
(2020-24)
Region 08/08/25 08/01/25 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 677     656     21     21       722     -6.2     674     0.4    
Midwest 796     775     21     21       867     -8.2     790     0.8    
Mountain 253     249     4     4       260     -2.7     200     26.5    
Pacific 305     305     0     0       287     6.3     266     14.7    
South Central 1,154     1,145     9     9       1,129     2.2     1,060     8.9    
   Salt 295     296     -1     -1       288     2.4     268     10.1    
   Nonsalt 859     849     10     10       841     2.1     792     8.5    
Total 3,186     3,130     56     56       3,265     -2.4     2,990     6.6    
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.


Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,186 Bcf as of Friday, August 8, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 56 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 79 Bcf less than last year at this time and 196 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,990 Bcf. At 3,186 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 08/08/25 08/01/25   net change
East 0.6     0.7       0.4    
Midwest 0.9     0.9       0.3    
Mountain 2.5     2.5       0.3    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.8     0.8       0.5    
   Salt 1.7     1.8       0.4    
   Nonsalt 0.9     0.9       0.3    
Total 0.4     0.4       0.8