Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending March 20, 2026 | Released: March 26, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: April 2, 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 (03/20/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 03/20/26 | 03/13/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 271 | 302 | -31 | -31 | 298 | -9.1 | 323 | -16.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 351 | 374 | -23 | -23 | 367 | -4.4 | 415 | -15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 204 | 201 | 3 | 3 | 163 | 25.2 | 122 | 67.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 257 | 258 | -1 | -1 | 192 | 33.9 | 167 | 53.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 745 | 747 | -2 | -2 | 720 | 3.5 | 787 | -5.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 197 | 192 | 5 | 5 | 199 | -1.0 | 227 | -13.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 549 | 555 | -6 | -6 | 521 | 5.4 | 561 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,829 | 1,883 | -54 | -54 | 1,739 | 5.2 | 1,815 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,829 Bcf as of Friday, March 20, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 54 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 90 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 14 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,815 Bcf.
At 1,829 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 | 03/20/26 | 03/13/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||||||||