US Natural Gas Storage Rises More than Expected: EIA

2025-09-18 14:35 By Agna Gabriel 1 min. read

Energy firms in the US injected 90 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas into storage during the week ended September 12, above market expectations of 81 bcf.

The build was sharply higher than the increase of 56 bcf during the same week last year and an average build of 74 bcf over the past five years.

With the build, storage remained 0.1% below the corresponding period of the previous year, but held at levels 6.3% above the current five-year average.



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