Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 2, 2026 | Released: October 8, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: October 15, 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 (10/02/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 10/02/26 | 09/25/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 862 | 840 | 22 | 22 | 856 | 0.7 | 831 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,010 | 984 | 26 | 26 | 997 | 1.3 | 987 | 2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 253 | 248 | 5 | 5 | 274 | -7.7 | 239 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 299 | 295 | 4 | 4 | 304 | -1.6 | 274 | 9.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,076 | 1,048 | 28 | 28 | 1,199 | -10.3 | 1,101 | -2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 227 | 213 | 14 | 14 | 295 | -23.1 | 264 | -14.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 849 | 834 | 15 | 15 | 904 | -6.1 | 837 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,500 | 3,415 | 85 | 85 | 3,630 | -3.6 | 3,432 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,500 Bcf as of Friday, October 2, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 85 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 130 Bcf less than last year at this time and 68 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,432 Bcf.
At 3,500 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 | 10/02/26 | 09/25/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||