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Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending June 26, 2026   |   Released: July 2, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: July 9, 2026

Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN
    Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
  Year ago
(06/26/25)
5-year average
(2021-25)
Region 06/26/26 06/19/26 net change implied flow   Bcf % change Bcf % change
East 587     558     29     29       600     -2.2     574     2.3    
Midwest 706     672     34     34       685     3.1     664     6.3    
Mountain 230     227     3     3       227     1.3     189     21.7    
Pacific 313     312     1     1       286     9.4     252     24.2    
South Central 1,086     1,066     20     20       1,147     -5.3     1,069     1.6    
   Salt 330     325     5     5       343     -3.8     307     7.5    
   Nonsalt 756     741     15     15       803     -5.9     762     -0.8    
Total 2,922     2,835     87     87       2,945     -0.8     2,747     6.4    
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.


Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,922 Bcf as of Friday, June 26, 2026, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 87 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 23 Bcf less than last year at this time and 175 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,747 Bcf. At 2,922 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.

Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with Five-Year Range

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)
   
Coefficient of Variation for Stocks
% of working gas
  Standard Error for Net Change
billion cubic feet (Bcf)
Region 06/26/26 06/19/26   net change
East 0.7     0.8       0.3    
Midwest 0.9     0.9       0.3    
Mountain 1.6     1.6       0.2    
Pacific 0.0     0.0       0.0    
South Central 0.8     0.8       0.6    
   Salt 1.0     1.0       0.5    
   Nonsalt 1.0     1.1       0.4    
Total 0.4     0.4       0.8