Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending August 28, 2026 | Released: September 3, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: September 10, 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 (08/28/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 08/28/26 | 08/21/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 753 | 727 | 26 | 26 | 731 | 3.0 | 710 | 6.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 890 | 866 | 24 | 24 | 856 | 4.0 | 842 | 5.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 236 | 238 | -2 | -2 | 254 | -7.1 | 217 | 8.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 285 | 293 | -8 | -8 | 295 | -3.4 | 263 | 8.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,051 | 1,061 | -10 | -10 | 1,128 | -6.8 | 1,022 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 238 | 248 | -10 | -10 | 273 | -12.8 | 237 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 813 | 813 | 0 | 0 | 856 | -5.0 | 785 | 3.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,214 | 3,184 | 30 | 30 | 3,264 | -1.5 | 3,054 | 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,214 Bcf as of Friday, August 28, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 30 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 50 Bcf less than last year at this time and 160 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,054 Bcf.
At 3,214 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 | 08/28/26 | 08/21/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | ||||||||