Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending December 12, 2025 | Released: December 18, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: December 29, 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 (12/12/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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| Region | 12/12/25 | 12/05/25 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 797 | 843 | -46 | -46 | 827 | -3.6 | 834 | -4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 966 | 1,030 | -64 | -64 | 1,014 | -4.7 | 1,014 | -4.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 271 | 277 | -6 | -6 | 275 | -1.5 | 223 | 21.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 304 | 306 | -2 | -2 | 297 | 2.4 | 268 | 13.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,242 | 1,290 | -48 | -48 | 1,226 | 1.3 | 1,208 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 338 | 354 | -16 | -16 | 338 | 0.0 | 337 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 903 | 936 | -33 | -33 | 888 | 1.7 | 871 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,579 | 3,746 | -167 | -167 | 3,640 | -1.7 | 3,547 | 0.9 | |||||||||||||||||
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,579 Bcf as of Friday, December 12, 2025, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 167 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 61 Bcf less than last year at this time and 32 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,547 Bcf.
At 3,579 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 | 12/12/25 | 12/05/25 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | ||||||||