Natural Gas Inventories as of July 18, 2025
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 23 Bcf as of July 18, 2025.
Working gas in storage was 3,075 Bcf as of Friday, July 18, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 23 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 153 Bcf less than last year at this time and 171 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,904 Bcf.
At 3,075 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 (07/18/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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| Region | 07/18/25 |
07/11/25 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 634 | 628 | 6 | 6 | 695 | -8.8 | 630 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 746 | 730 | 16 | 16 | 825 | -9.6 | 736 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 239 | 235 | 4 | 4 | 251 | -4.8 | 191 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 297 | 295 | 2 | 2 | 289 | 2.8 | 266 | 11.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,159 | 1,164 | -5 | -5 | 1,168 | -0.8 | 1,080 | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 325 | 335 | -10 | -10 | 314 | 3.5 | 291 | 11.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 834 | 829 | 5 | 5 | 854 | -2.3 | 790 | 5.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,075 | 3,052 | 23 | 23 | 3,228 | -4.7 |
2,904 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase, except for the South Central, South Central Salt.
All regions are above the five-year average.
