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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending April 18, 2025   |   Released: April 24, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: May 1, 2025

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(04/18/24)
5-year average
(2020-24)
Region 04/18/25 04/11/25 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 295     290     5     5       404     -27.0     349     -15.5    
Midwest 396     373     23     23       548     -27.7     446     -11.2    
Mountain 171     166     5     5       172     -0.6     113     51.3    
Pacific 221     213     8     8       234     -5.6     183     20.8    
South Central 851     804     47     47       1,053     -19.2     887     -4.1    
   Salt 266     242     24     24       308     -13.6     269     -1.1    
   Nonsalt 585     562     23     23       746     -21.6     618     -5.3    
Total 1,934     1,846     88     88       2,412     -19.8     1,978     -2.2    
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.


Summary

Working gas in storage was 1,934 Bcf as of Friday, April 18, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 88 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 478 Bcf less than last year at this time and 44 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,978 Bcf. At 1,934 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 04/18/25 04/11/25   net change
East 1.3     1.3       0.2    
Midwest 0.9     0.9       0.4    
Mountain 1.0     1.0       0.1    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.8     0.8       0.5    
   Salt 1.5     1.5       0.4    
   Nonsalt 1.0     1.0       0.4    
Total 0.4     0.4       0.7