Natural Gas Inventories as of May 15, 2026
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 101 Bcf as of May 15, 2026.
Working gas in storage was 2,391 Bcf as of Friday, May 15, 2026, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 101 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 33 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 149 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,242 Bcf.
At 2,391 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (05/15/25) |
5-year average (2021-25) |
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| Region | 05/15/26 |
05/08/26 |
net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 419 | 388 | 31 | 31 | 427 | -1.9 | 413 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 505 | 476 | 29 | 29 | 507 | -0.4 | 503 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 210 | 206 | 4 | 4 | 191 | 9.9 | 150 | 40.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 286 | 279 | 7 | 7 | 243 | 17.7 | 214 | 33.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 972 | 941 | 31 | 31 | 990 | -1.8 | 962 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 298 | 285 | 13 | 13 | 319 | -6.6 | 292 | 2.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 673 | 656 | 17 | 17 | 670 | 0.4 | 670 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,391 | 2,290 | 101 | 101 | 2,358 | 1.4 |
2,242 | 6.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions experienced an increase.
All regions are above the five-year average.
