Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 9, 2026 | Released: October 15, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: October 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 (10/09/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 10/09/26 | 10/02/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 884 | 862 | 22 | 22 | 880 | 0.5 | 856 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,037 | 1,010 | 27 | 27 | 1,027 | 1.0 | 1,017 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 255 | 253 | 2 | 2 | 278 | -8.3 | 242 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 294 | 299 | -5 | -5 | 307 | -4.2 | 276 | 6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,097 | 1,076 | 21 | 21 | 1,218 | -9.9 | 1,132 | -3.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 236 | 227 | 9 | 9 | 302 | -21.9 | 279 | -15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 861 | 849 | 12 | 12 | 916 | -6.0 | 853 | 0.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,567 | 3,500 | 67 | 67 | 3,710 | -3.9 | 3,522 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,567 Bcf as of Friday, October 9, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 67 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 143 Bcf less than last year at this time and 45 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,522 Bcf.
At 3,567 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 | 10/09/26 | 10/02/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 3.2 | 3.1 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | ||||||||