Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending March 6, 2026 | Released: March 12, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: March 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 (03/06/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 03/06/26 | 02/27/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 294 | 322 | -28 | -28 | 312 | -5.8 | 358 | -17.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 375 | 397 | -22 | -22 | 374 | 0.3 | 447 | -16.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 200 | 198 | 2 | 2 | 165 | 21.2 | 125 | 60.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 259 | 257 | 2 | 2 | 196 | 32.1 | 170 | 52.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 721 | 712 | 9 | 9 | 660 | 9.2 | 764 | -5.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 177 | 169 | 8 | 8 | 159 | 11.3 | 209 | -15.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 544 | 544 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 8.8 | 555 | -2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,848 | 1,886 | -38 | -38 | 1,707 | 8.3 | 1,865 | -0.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 1,848 Bcf as of Friday, March 6, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net decrease of 38 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 141 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 17 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,865 Bcf.
At 1,848 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 | 03/06/26 | 02/27/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||||||||