Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 16, 2026 | Released: October 22, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: October 29, 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 (10/16/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 10/16/26 | 10/09/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 900 | 884 | 16 | 16 | 897 | 0.3 | 876 | 2.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,065 | 1,037 | 28 | 28 | 1,056 | 0.9 | 1,044 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 257 | 255 | 2 | 2 | 282 | -8.9 | 246 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 297 | 294 | 3 | 3 | 310 | -4.2 | 279 | 6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,125 | 1,097 | 28 | 28 | 1,250 | -10.0 | 1,165 | -3.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 251 | 236 | 15 | 15 | 318 | -21.1 | 295 | -14.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 875 | 861 | 14 | 14 | 933 | -6.2 | 871 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,644 | 3,567 | 77 | 77 | 3,796 | -4.0 | 3,609 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,644 Bcf as of Friday, October 16, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 77 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 152 Bcf less than last year at this time and 35 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,609 Bcf.
At 3,644 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 | 10/16/26 | 10/09/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||