Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending August 14, 2026 | Released: August 20, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: August 27, 2026
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (08/14/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 08/14/26 | 08/07/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 708 | 693 | 15 | 15 | 688 | 2.9 | 674 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 848 | 829 | 19 | 19 | 810 | 4.7 | 795 | 6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 237 | 239 | -2 | -2 | 255 | -7.1 | 212 | 11.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 296 | 300 | -4 | -4 | 302 | -2.0 | 263 | 12.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,080 | 1,093 | -13 | -13 | 1,143 | -5.5 | 1,040 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 268 | 286 | -18 | -18 | 284 | -5.6 | 252 | 6.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 812 | 807 | 5 | 5 | 859 | -5.5 | 789 | 2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,169 | 3,153 | 16 | 16 | 3,197 | -0.9 | 2,984 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,169 Bcf as of Friday, August 14, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 16 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 28 Bcf less than last year at this time and 185 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,984 Bcf.
At 3,169 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
For information on sampling error in this report, see Estimated Measures of Sampling Variability table below.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2021 through 2025. The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.
| Estimated measures of sampling variabilityDownload History (April 2015 to Present) | |||||||||||
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| Coefficient of Variation for Stocks % of working gas |
Standard Error for Net Change billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
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| Region | 08/14/26 | 08/07/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | ||||||||