Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending August 7, 2026 | Released: August 13, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: August 20, 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 (08/07/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 08/07/26 | 07/31/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 693 | 678 | 15 | 15 | 674 | 2.8 | 660 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 829 | 809 | 20 | 20 | 793 | 4.5 | 774 | 7.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 239 | 237 | 2 | 2 | 252 | -5.2 | 209 | 14.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 300 | 304 | -4 | -4 | 305 | -1.6 | 264 | 13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,093 | 1,090 | 3 | 3 | 1,153 | -5.2 | 1,048 | 4.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 286 | 292 | -6 | -6 | 295 | -3.1 | 260 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 807 | 798 | 9 | 9 | 858 | -5.9 | 787 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,153 | 3,117 | 36 | 36 | 3,178 | -0.8 | 2,955 | 6.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,153 Bcf as of Friday, August 7, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 36 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 25 Bcf less than last year at this time and 198 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,955 Bcf.
At 3,153 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 | 08/07/26 | 07/31/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||