Natural Gas Inventories as of May 16, 2025
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 120 Bcf as of May 16, 2025.
Working gas in storage was 2,375 Bcf as of Friday, May 16, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 120 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 333 Bcf less than last year at this time and 90 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,198 Bcf.
At 2,375 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (05/16/24) |
5-year average (2019-24) |
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| Region | 05/16/25 |
05/09/25 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 432 | 396 | 36 | 36 | 507 | -14.8 | 426 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 512 | 480 | 32 | 32 | 632 | -19.0 | 521 | -1.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 192 | 185 | 7 | 7 | 201 | -4.5 | 137 | 40.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 244 | 237 | 7 | 7 | 258 | -5.4 | 217 | 12.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 966 | 957 | 39 | 39 | 1,110 | -10.3 | 983 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 321 | 308 | 13 | 13 | 318 | 0.9 | 298 | 7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 674 | 648 | 26 | 26 | 792 | -14.9 | 685 | -1.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,375 | 2,255 | 120 | 120 | 2,708 | -12.3 |
2,285 | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions, except for the Mountain and Pacific, and South Central Salt are below the five-year average.
