Natural Gas Inventories as of January 3, 2025
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 40 Bcf as of January 3, 2025.
Working gas in storage was 3,373 Bcf as of Friday, January 3, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 40 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 3 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 207 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,166 Bcf.
At 3,373 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (01/03/24) |
5-year average (2019-23) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | 01/03/25 |
12/27/24 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 737 | 745 | -8 | -8 | 769 | -4.2 | 745 | -1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 881 | 914 | -33 | -33 | 937 | -6.0 | 886 | -0.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 255 | 262 | -7 | -7 | 222 | 14.9 | 181 | 40.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 293 | 295 | -2 | -2 | 276 | 6.2 | 235 | 24.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,207 | 1,197 | 10 | 10 | 1,172 | 3.0 | 1,119 | 7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 364 | 349 | 15 | 15 | 335 | 8.7 | 323 | 12.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 844 | 848 | -4 | -4 | 836 | 1.0 | 797 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,373 | 3,413 | -40 | -40 | 3,376 | -0.1 |
3,166 | 6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced a net increase.
All regions, except for the East and Midwest are above the five-year average.
