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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
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(03/21/24)
5-year average
(2020-24)
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.

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 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