Natural Gas Inventories as of August 22, 2025
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 18 Bcf as of August 22, 2025.
Working gas in storage was 3,217 Bcf as of Friday, August 22, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 18 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 112 Bcf less than last year at this time and 154 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,063 Bcf.
At 3,217 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 (08/22/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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| Region | 08/22/25 |
08/15/25 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 707 | 690 | 17 | 17 | 751 | -5.9 | 708 | -0.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 832 | 812 | 20 | 20 | 906 | -8.2 | 836 | -0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 254 | 255 | -1 | -1 | 266 | -4.5 | 206 | 23.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 298 | 301 | -3 | -3 | 287 | 3.8 | 264 | 12.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,125 | 1,141 | -16 | -16 | 1,120 | 0.4 | 1,048 | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 272 | 282 | -10 | -10 | 273 | -0.4 | 254 | 7.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 853 | 859 | -6 | -6 | 847 | 0.7 | 795 | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,217 | 3,199 | 18 | 18 | 3,329 | -3.4 |
3,063 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net decrease, except for the East and Midwest regions.
All regions are above the five-year average, except for the East and Midwest regions.
