Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending May 30, 2025 | Released: June 5, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: June 12, 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 (05/30/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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Region | 05/30/25 | 05/23/25 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
East | 498 | 462 | 36 | 36 | 570 | -12.6 | 486 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest | 579 | 541 | 38 | 38 | 684 | -15.4 | 576 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Mountain | 205 | 198 | 7 | 7 | 217 | -5.5 | 152 | 34.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 261 | 254 | 7 | 7 | 272 | -4.0 | 236 | 10.6 | |||||||||||||||||
South Central | 1,055 | 1,021 | 34 | 34 | 1,144 | -7.8 | 1,031 | 2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Salt | 340 | 328 | 12 | 12 | 329 | 3.3 | 309 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Nonsalt | 715 | 693 | 22 | 22 | 815 | -12.3 | 722 | -1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 2,598 | 2,476 | 122 | 122 | 2,886 | -10.0 | 2,481 | 4.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,598 Bcf as of Friday, May 30, 2025, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 122 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 288 Bcf less than last year at this time and 117 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,481 Bcf.
At 2,598 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 | 05/30/25 | 05/23/25 | net change | ||||||||
East | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Midwest | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | ||||||||
Mountain | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Salt | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Nonsalt | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | ||||||||