Market Highlights:
Natural gas storage
Net injections into storage totaled 35 Bcf for the week ending March 13, compared with the five-year (2021–2025) average net withdrawals of 29 Bcf and last year’s net withdrawals of 1 Bcf during the same week. Working natural gas stocks totaled 1,883 Bcf as of Friday, March 13, 2026, according to EIA estimates. Stocks were 47 Bcf (3%) more than the five-year average and 177 Bcf (10%) more than last year at this time. The average rate of withdrawals from storage is 6% higher than the five-year average so far in the withdrawal season (November through March). If the rate of withdrawals from storage matched the five-year average of 1.0 Bcf/d for the remainder of the withdrawal season, the total inventory would be 1,865 Bcf on March 31, which is 47 Bcf higher than the five-year average of 1,818 Bcf for that time of year.
Natural gas prices
The Henry Hub spot price fell 1 cent/MMBtu from $3.15/MMBtu last Wednesday to $3.14/MMBtu yesterday. This week, Henry Hub daily spot prices averaged $3.17/MMBtu, 7 cents/MMBtu higher than last week’s average. Warmer temperatures in the West and colder-than-normal weather in the eastern United States occurred this week and continued to support prices that have been largely stable over the past month.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
For the week ending March 18: The LNG-carrying capacity of vessels departing U.S. ports was 134 Bcf, up 1 Bcf from the previous week. Thirty-five LNG vessels left U.S. ports, down one vessel from the previous week. Eight vessels departed from Sabine Pass, seven from Plaquemines, six from Corpus Christi, five from Freeport, four from Cameron, three from Calcasieu Pass, and two from Cove Point.