Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending December 19, 2025 | Released: December 29, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. | Next Release: December 31, 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 (12/19/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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| Region | 12/19/25 | 12/12/25 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 751 | 797 | -46 | -46 | 796 | -5.7 | 805 | -6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 904 | 966 | -62 | -62 | 967 | -6.5 | 974 | -7.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 266 | 271 | -5 | -5 | 268 | -0.7 | 214 | 24.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 303 | 304 | -1 | -1 | 293 | 3.4 | 258 | 17.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,190 | 1,242 | -52 | -52 | 1,218 | -2.3 | 1,186 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 323 | 338 | -15 | -15 | 347 | -6.9 | 336 | -3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 867 | 903 | -36 | -36 | 870 | -0.3 | 850 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,413 | 3,579 | -166 | -166 | 3,542 | -3.6 | 3,437 | -0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,413 Bcf as of Friday, December 19, 2025, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 166 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 129 Bcf less than last year at this time and 24 Bcf below the five-year average of 3,437 Bcf.
At 3,413 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 | 12/19/25 | 12/12/25 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||||||||