Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending April 24, 2026 | Released: April 30, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: May 7, 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 (04/24/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 04/24/26 | 04/17/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 332 | 309 | 23 | 23 | 326 | 1.8 | 342 | -2.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 429 | 404 | 25 | 25 | 421 | 1.9 | 439 | -2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 205 | 202 | 3 | 3 | 174 | 17.8 | 131 | 56.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 272 | 269 | 3 | 3 | 225 | 20.9 | 190 | 43.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 905 | 879 | 26 | 26 | 880 | 2.8 | 887 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 272 | 263 | 9 | 9 | 279 | -2.5 | 269 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 634 | 616 | 18 | 18 | 602 | 5.3 | 618 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,142 | 2,063 | 79 | 79 | 2,026 | 5.7 | 1,989 | 7.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,142 Bcf as of Friday, April 24, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 79 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 116 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 153 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,989 Bcf.
At 2,142 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 | 04/24/26 | 04/17/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Salt | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||