Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 30, 2026 | Released: November 5, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: November 13, 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 (10/30/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 10/30/26 | 10/23/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 926 | 913 | 13 | 13 | 910 | 1.8 | 903 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,111 | 1,088 | 23 | 23 | 1,102 | 0.8 | 1,089 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 260 | 258 | 2 | 2 | 288 | -9.7 | 250 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 296 | 297 | -1 | -1 | 318 | -6.9 | 283 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,208 | 1,168 | 40 | 40 | 1,294 | -6.6 | 1,221 | -1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 296 | 274 | 22 | 22 | 340 | -12.9 | 322 | -8.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 912 | 894 | 18 | 18 | 954 | -4.4 | 899 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,801 | 3,724 | 77 | 77 | 3,910 | -2.8 | 3,747 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,801 Bcf as of Friday, October 30, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 77 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 109 Bcf less than last year at this time and 54 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,747 Bcf.
At 3,801 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 | 10/30/26 | 10/23/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 3.1 | 3.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||||||||