Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending November 6, 2026 | Released: November 13, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: November 19, 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 (11/06/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 11/06/26 | 10/30/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 938 | 926 | 12 | 12 | 913 | 2.7 | 910 | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,129 | 1,111 | 18 | 18 | 1,115 | 1.3 | 1,102 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 262 | 260 | 2 | 2 | 290 | -9.7 | 251 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 298 | 296 | 2 | 2 | 321 | -7.2 | 285 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,235 | 1,208 | 27 | 27 | 1,315 | -6.1 | 1,239 | -0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 312 | 296 | 16 | 16 | 351 | -11.1 | 331 | -5.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 924 | 912 | 12 | 12 | 964 | -4.1 | 907 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,862 | 3,801 | 61 | 61 | 3,954 | -2.3 | 3,787 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,862 Bcf as of Friday, November 6, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 61 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 92 Bcf less than last year at this time and 75 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,787 Bcf.
At 3,862 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 | 11/06/26 | 10/30/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||||||||