Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending January 9, 2026 | Released: January 15, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: January 22, 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 (01/09/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 01/09/26 | 01/02/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 664 | 697 | -33 | -33 | 679 | -2.2 | 705 | -5.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 790 | 821 | -31 | -31 | 818 | -3.4 | 842 | -6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 251 | 256 | -5 | -5 | 242 | 3.7 | 190 | 32.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 302 | 304 | -2 | -2 | 284 | 6.3 | 238 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,178 | 1,178 | 0 | 0 | 1,127 | 4.5 | 1,104 | 6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 355 | 343 | 12 | 12 | 331 | 7.3 | 322 | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 823 | 835 | -12 | -12 | 796 | 3.4 | 782 | 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,185 | 3,256 | -71 | -71 | 3,152 | 1.0 | 3,079 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,185 Bcf as of Friday, January 9, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 71 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 33 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 106 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,079 Bcf.
At 3,185 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 | 01/09/26 | 01/02/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | ||||||||