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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (08/08/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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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.

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 | 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 | ||||||||