Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending April 10, 2026 | Released: April 16, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: April 23, 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 (04/10/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 04/10/26 | 04/03/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 283 | 277 | 6 | 6 | 291 | -2.7 | 312 | -9.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 371 | 358 | 13 | 13 | 373 | -0.5 | 409 | -9.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 210 | 208 | 2 | 2 | 166 | 26.5 | 124 | 69.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 267 | 261 | 6 | 6 | 212 | 25.9 | 179 | 49.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 839 | 807 | 32 | 32 | 802 | 4.6 | 838 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 243 | 226 | 17 | 17 | 241 | 0.8 | 249 | -2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 596 | 581 | 15 | 15 | 561 | 6.2 | 589 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,970 | 1,911 | 59 | 59 | 1,844 | 6.8 | 1,862 | 5.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,970 Bcf as of Friday, April 10, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 59 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 126 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 108 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,862 Bcf.
At 1,970 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 | 04/10/26 | 04/03/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||