Storage stands at — Bcf, —% versus the five-year average and —% versus a year ago, while November Henry Hub futures settled at $—/MMBtu.
Working gas in underground storage across the Lower 48, from the EIA weekly report.
Lower 48 working gas in underground storage, Bcf. 2026 refill has trailed 2025 since June.
Week ending Oct 9, 2026, Bcf. Salt and nonsalt are parts of South Central; salt caverns show the largest deficit.
| Region | Oct 9 | Net change | vs year ago % | vs 5-yr % |
|---|
Dry gas production, drilling activity and pipeline trade.
Bcf/d, annual average. 2027 is an EIA forecast.
Bcf/d, quarterly average. Q4 (lighter) is an EIA forecast.
Baker Hughes, week ending Oct 16, 2026. Permian and Haynesville are the Oct 9 counts less the Oct 16 weekly change.
EIA STEO Table 5a, Bcf/d. End inventories in Bcf.
| Period | Dry production | Pipeline imports | Consumption | Pipeline exports | LNG exports |
|---|
Consumption by sector and recent demand growth.
Bcf/d. Power burn peaks in summer (Q3); residential and commercial heating peak in winter. Q4 2026 and 2027 are forecasts.
EIA STEO, October 2026, Bcf/d.
| Period | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Power | Total |
|---|
Regional price spreads, Gulf Coast storage and 2026 project and disruption events.
Projects entering service and supply disruptions in 2026, oldest first.
| When | Event | Type | Detail |
|---|
Henry Hub spot and futures, EIA price outlook and global benchmarks.
$/MMBtu, weekly average. The late-January 2026 spike came from a winter storm.
$/MMBtu on Oct 9, 2026. JKM is approximate. The spread to Asia and Europe is what pulls US LNG cargoes.
Predictive: where storage, balances and prices are heading. Prescriptive: rule-based actions for a gas buyer, recalculated from the data above.
Each signal compares a reading above with a fixed threshold and suggests an action from a gas buyer's point of view. Illustrative guidance, not financial or trading advice.
| Signal | Reading | Outlook | Suggested action |
|---|
$/MMBtu. Weekly spot since July 2025 (solid), then EIA's quarterly forecast through 2027 (dashed).
Bcf. Last ten reported weeks (solid) and four projected weeks at the recent injection pace (dashed).
Bcf/d: production plus pipeline imports, minus consumption and exports, from EIA's balance. Positive fills storage; negative draws it.
Feedgas, exports, destinations, terminals and tanker movements.
Bcf/d, annual average. 2027 is an EIA forecast.
Bcf/d, quarterly average. Q4 (lighter) is an EIA forecast.
Bcf/d of US LNG received.
Illustration only: the ships, positions, cargoes and ETAs are invented to show how a live vessel-tracking feed would look here. Terminal locations are real. Live positions need a ship-tracking data connector such as Kpler.
| Vessel | Status | From | To | ETA |
|---|
Liquefaction capacity, Bcf/d. Blank where the sources used do not give a figure.
| Terminal | Nominal | Peak | Status |
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Sources: EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report and storage history; EIA Henry Hub spot price history; EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (Oct 2026); EIA Today in Energy; AGA Natural Gas Market Indicators (Oct 1 and Oct 16, 2026); Baker Hughes via RBN Energy; Global LNG Hub. Data as of October 16, 2026; the LNG tanker map uses sample data.