Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending February 20, 2026 | Released: February 26, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: March 5, 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 (02/20/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 02/20/26 | 02/13/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 364 | 388 | -24 | -24 | 370 | -1.6 | 423 | -13.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 441 | 457 | -16 | -16 | 434 | 1.6 | 510 | -13.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 201 | 207 | -6 | -6 | 170 | 18.2 | 134 | 50.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 259 | 271 | -12 | -12 | 199 | 30.2 | 182 | 42.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 753 | 747 | 6 | 6 | 704 | 7.0 | 776 | -3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 179 | 168 | 11 | 11 | 167 | 7.2 | 205 | -12.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 573 | 579 | -6 | -6 | 536 | 6.9 | 572 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,018 | 2,070 | -52 | -52 | 1,877 | 7.5 | 2,025 | -0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 2,018 Bcf as of Friday, February 20, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 52 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 141 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 7 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,025 Bcf.
At 2,018 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 | 02/20/26 | 02/13/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||||||||