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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending September 19, 2025   |   Released: September 25, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: October 2, 2025

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(09/19/24)
5-year average
(2020-24)
Region 09/19/25 09/12/25 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 807     781     26     26       816     -1.1     788     2.4    
Midwest 945     920     25     25       990     -4.5     945     0.0    
Mountain 266     261     5     5       278     -4.3     221     20.4    
Pacific 300     297     3     3       288     4.2     270     11.1    
South Central 1,190     1,174     16     16       1,113     6.9     1,081     10.1    
   Salt 299     294     5     5       265     12.8     259     15.4    
   Nonsalt 890     879     11     11       848     5.0     822     8.3    
Total 3,508     3,433     75     75       3,486     0.6     3,305     6.1    
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.


Summary

Working gas in storage was 3,508 Bcf as of Friday, September 19, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 75 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 22 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 203 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,305 Bcf. At 3,508 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 09/19/25 09/12/25   net change
East 0.6     0.6       0.3    
Midwest 0.8     0.8       0.2    
Mountain 3.1     3.1       0.3    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.8     0.8       0.5    
   Salt 1.4     1.5       0.2    
   Nonsalt 1.0     1.0       0.4    
Total 0.4     0.4       0.7