Natural Gas Inventories as of May 30, 2025
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 122 Bcf as of May 30, 2025.
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.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (05/30/24) |
5-year average (2019-24) |
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions, except for the South Central Salt are above the five-year average.
