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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending September 5, 2025   |   Released: September 11, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: September 18, 2025

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(09/05/24)
5-year average
(2020-24)
Region 09/05/25 08/29/25 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 757     735     22     22       777     -2.6     743     1.9    
Midwest 890     860     30     30       946     -5.9     888     0.2    
Mountain 257     254     3     3       273     -5.9     213     20.7    
Pacific 293     294     -1     -1       286     2.4     266     10.2    
South Central 1,145     1,129     16     16       1,099     4.2     1,046     9.5    
   Salt 282     273     9     9       266     6.0     248     13.7    
   Nonsalt 863     856     7     7       833     3.6     798     8.1    
Total 3,343     3,272     71     71       3,381     -1.1     3,155     6.0    
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.


Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,343 Bcf as of Friday, September 5, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 71 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 38 Bcf less than last year at this time and 188 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,155 Bcf. At 3,343 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 09/05/25 08/29/25   net change
East 0.6     0.5       0.3    
Midwest 0.9     0.9       0.3    
Mountain 3.0     2.9       0.2    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.8     0.8       0.8    
   Salt 1.5     1.7       0.5    
   Nonsalt 0.9     0.9       0.6    
Total 0.4     0.4       0.9