Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending January 2, 2026 | Released: January 8, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: January 15, 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 (01/02/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 01/02/26 | 12/26/25 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 697 | 736 | -39 | -39 | 738 | -5.6 | 745 | -6.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 821 | 865 | -44 | -44 | 886 | -7.3 | 891 | -7.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 256 | 264 | -8 | -8 | 256 | 0.0 | 200 | 28.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 304 | 307 | -3 | -3 | 293 | 3.8 | 246 | 23.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,178 | 1,203 | -25 | -25 | 1,206 | -2.3 | 1,144 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 343 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 362 | -5.2 | 331 | 3.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 835 | 859 | -24 | -24 | 845 | -1.2 | 813 | 2.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,256 | 3,375 | -119 | -119 | 3,379 | -3.6 | 3,225 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,256 Bcf as of Friday, January 2, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 119 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 123 Bcf less than last year at this time and 31 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,225 Bcf.
At 3,256 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 | 01/02/26 | 12/26/25 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | ||||||||