Natural Gas Inventories as of September 5, 2025
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 71 Bcf as of September 5, 2025.
Working gas in storage was 3,343 Bcf as of Friday, September 5, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 71 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 38 Bcf less than last year at this time and 188 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,155 Bcf.
At 3,343 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 (09/05/24) |
5-year average (2020-24) |
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| Region | 09/05/25 |
08/29/25 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 757 | 735 | 22 | 22 | 777 | -2.6 | 743 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 890 | 860 | 30 | 30 | 946 | -5.9 | 888 | -0.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 257 | 254 | 3 | 3 | 273 | -5.9 | 213 | 20.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 293 | 294 | -1 | -1 | 286 | 2.4 | 266 | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,145 | 1,129 | 16 | 16 | 1,099 | 4.2 | 1,046 | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 282 | 273 | 9 | 9 | 266 | 6.0 | 248 | 13.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 863 | 856 | 7 | 7 | 833 | 3.6 | 798 | 8.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,343 | 3,272 | 71 | 71 | 3,381 | -1.1 |
3,155 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase, except for the Pacific, South Central, and South Central Salt13.
All regions are above the five-year average, except for the Midwest region..
