Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending April 3, 2026 | Released: April 9, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: April 16, 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 (04/03/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 04/03/26 | 03/27/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 277 | 270 | 7 | 7 | 294 | -5.8 | 308 | -10.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 358 | 350 | 8 | 8 | 372 | -3.8 | 400 | -10.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 208 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 26.1 | 123 | 69.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 261 | 258 | 3 | 3 | 205 | 27.3 | 174 | 50.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 807 | 775 | R | 32 | 32 | 785 | 2.8 | 817 | -1.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 226 | 210 | R | 16 | 16 | 231 | -2.2 | 241 | -6.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 581 | 565 | 16 | 16 | 555 | 4.7 | 576 | 0.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,911 | 1,861 | R | 50 | 50 | 1,822 | 4.9 | 1,824 | 4.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. R=Revised. The reported revision caused the stocks for March 27, 2026 to change from 1,865 Bcf to 1,861 Bcf. As a result, the implied net change between the weeks ending March 20 and March 27 changed from 36 Bcf to 32 Bcf. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,911 Bcf as of Friday, April 3, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 50 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 89 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 87 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,824 Bcf.
At 1,911 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 | 04/03/26 | 03/27/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Note: Estimated measures of sampling variability reflect the data currently available at the time of the WNGSR release. As a result, revisions and other data updates may affect published standard errors and coefficients of variation. |
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