Weekly natural gas storage report supplement

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

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)
	Coefficient of Variation for Stocks % of working gas							Standard Error for Net Change billion cubic feet (Bcf)
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