Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending March 27, 2026 | Released: April 2, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: April 9, 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 (03/27/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 03/27/26 | 03/20/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 270 | 271 | -1 | -1 | 286 | -5.6 | 312 | -13.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 350 | 351 | -1 | -1 | 364 | -3.8 | 404 | -13.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 208 | 204 | 4 | 4 | 165 | 26.1 | 122 | 70.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 258 | 257 | 1 | 1 | 201 | 28.4 | 171 | 50.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 779 | 745 | 34 | 34 | 753 | 3.5 | 800 | -2.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 214 | 197 | 17 | 17 | 216 | -0.9 | 234 | -8.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 565 | 549 | 16 | 16 | 538 | 5.0 | 566 | -0.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,865 | 1,829 | 36 | 36 | 1,769 | 5.4 | 1,811 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,865 Bcf as of Friday, March 27, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 36 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 96 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 54 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,811 Bcf.
At 1,865 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 | 03/27/26 | 03/20/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||||||||