Natural gas inventories deviation from five-year average
United States · as of 31 Oct 2026
EIA projects natural gas inventories deviation from five-year average in United States at 21% as of 31 October 2026.
- Publisher
- EIA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Natural gas storage
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Regional balances vary entering the withdrawal season (November—March), with inventories in the Mountain region at 21% above their five-year average, followed by the Pacific at 10%, the Midwest at 6%, and South Central at 4%.
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| Value | Divergence | Source organisation | Document | Locator | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | -16.0 pp | EIA | Short-Term Energy Outlook | Natural gas storage | Open record |
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- APA
- U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Short-Term Energy Outlook. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/natgas.php. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SY9
- MLA
- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." 2026, https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/natgas.php. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SY9.
- Chicago
- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." 2026. https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/natgas.php. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SY9.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eia2026naturaldt9sy9, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {Short-Term Energy Outlook}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SY9}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/natgas.php. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Short-Term Energy Outlook
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Natural gas storage
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SY9