EIA Storage Recap: +77 Bcf, Week Ending Oct 30
EIA reported a 77 Bcf injection for the week ending Oct 30. Storage stands at 3,801 Bcf, 54 above the 5-year average.
The short version
- This week: a 77 Bcf injection, against a 5-year average of a 61 Bcf injection and a 39 Bcf injection the same week last year.
- Total: 3,801 Bcf, 54 above the 5-year average (1.4%) and 109 below last year (2.8%).
- Versus the 5-year average: up 14 Bcf from 40 above the week before.
Storage
Week ending Oct 30: 3,801 Bcf after a 77 Bcf injection
| Comparison | Bcf | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year average | 3,747 | 54 above (1.4%) |
| Last year | 3,910 | 109 below (2.8%) |
By region vs. 5-year average (Bcf): South Central −13, Mountain +10, Pacific +13, Midwest +22, East +23.
Reading the chart: The thick blue line is Lower 48 working gas over the past 52 weeks, one point per EIA report; the shaded band is the 2021–2025 range for each week, the dashed line their average, and the orange line the year before. At 3,801 Bcf for the week ending Oct 30, storage is within that range, which runs from 3,524 to 3,912 Bcf this week. Over the 52 weeks it peaked at 3,950 Bcf (week ending Nov 7, 2025) and bottomed at 1,818 Bcf (week ending Mar 20, 2026), and it was above the 5-year average in 45 of them.
Reading the chart: Each bar is a region's storage minus its 5-year average for the week ending Oct 30. East, Midwest, Pacific and Mountain are above the 5-year average and South Central below. Relative to each region's size, the extremes are Pacific, 4.6% above, and South Central, 1.1% below.
Where the season is heading
If storage follows the 5-year average path from here, it would end March at about 1,888 Bcf, compared with a 5-year average end-of-March level of 1,832 Bcf. This is arithmetic on the 5-year average, not a forecast.
Next report: Thu Nov 12, covering the week ending Nov 6. The 5-year average for that week is a 40 Bcf injection.
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Sources: EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report; NOAA Climate Prediction Center degree days, 7-day forecasts and 6–10/8–14 day outlooks; EIA Hourly Electric Grid Monitor; CFTC Commitments of Traders. Normals are 10-year averages (2016–2025).