Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending March 21, 2025 | Released: March 27, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: April 3, 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 (03/21/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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Region | 03/21/25 | 03/14/25 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 298 | 295 | 3 | 3 | 390 | -23.6 | 342 | -12.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 367 | 366 | 1 | 1 | 531 | -30.9 | 438 | -16.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 163 | 165 | -2 | -2 | 166 | -1.8 | 108 | 50.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 192 | 193 | -1 | -1 | 222 | -13.5 | 168 | 14.3 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 725 | 688 | 37 | 37 | 991 | -26.8 | 810 | -10.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 202 | 181 | 21 | 21 | 295 | -31.5 | 239 | -15.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 523 | 508 | 15 | 15 | 697 | -25.0 | 571 | -8.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 1,744 | 1,707 | 37 | 37 | 2,301 | -24.2 | 1,866 | -6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,744 Bcf as of Friday, March 21, 2025, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 37 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 557 Bcf less than last year at this time and 122 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,866 Bcf.
At 1,744 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 | 03/21/25 | 03/14/25 | net change | ||||||||
East | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | ||||||||