Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 23, 2026 | Released: October 29, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. | Next Release: November 5, 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 (10/23/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 10/23/26 | 10/16/26 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 913 | 900 | 13 | 13 | 911 | 0.2 | 892 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,088 | 1,065 | 23 | 23 | 1,081 | 0.6 | 1,068 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 258 | 257 | 1 | 1 | 285 | -9.5 | 248 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 297 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 315 | -5.7 | 281 | 5.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 1,168 | 1,125 | 43 | 43 | 1,278 | -8.6 | 1,196 | -2.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 274 | 251 | 23 | 23 | 334 | -18.0 | 310 | -11.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 894 | 875 | 19 | 19 | 945 | -5.4 | 886 | 0.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,724 | 3,644 | 80 | 80 | 3,871 | -3.8 | 3,686 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. |
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Summary
Working gas in storage was 3,724 Bcf as of Friday, October 23, 2026, according to EIA estimates.
This represents a net increase of 80 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 147 Bcf less than last year at this time and 38 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,686 Bcf.
At 3,724 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 | 10/23/26 | 10/16/26 | net change | ||||||||
| East | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Midwest | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| South Central | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| Salt | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Nonsalt | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||||||||