Natural Gas Inventories as of May 23, 2025
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 101 Bcf as of May 23, 2025.
Working gas in storage was 2,476 Bcf as of Friday, May 23, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 101 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 316 Bcf less than last year at this time and 93 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,383 Bcf.
At 2,476 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 (05/23/24) |
5-year average (2019-24) |
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| Region | 05/23/25 |
05/16/25 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 462 | 432 | 30 | 30 | 534 | -13.5 | 455 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 541 | 512 | 29 | 29 | 657 | -17.7 | 549 | -1.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 198 | 192 | 6 | 6 | 209 | -5.3 | 145 | 36.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 254 | 244 | 10 | 10 | 266 | -4.5 | 226 | 12.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,021 | 966 | 25 | 25 | 1,127 | -9.4 | 1,008 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 328 | 321 | 7 | 7 | 324 | 1.2 | 304 | 7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 693 | 674 | 19 | 19 | 806 | -13.6 | 704 | -1.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,476 | 2,375 | 101 | 101 | 2,792 | -11.3 |
2,383 | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions, except for the Midwest and South Central Salt are above the five-year average.
