FX.co ★ US Natural Gas Stocks Rise More Than Expected

US energy firms injected 40 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas into storage in the week ending September 4, 2026, exceeding market expectations of a 31-bcf build. This compares with a 69-bcf injection in the same week a year earlier and a five-year (2021–2025) average increase of 52 bcf for that period. The latest build lifted total inventories to 3.254 trillion cubic feet (tcf), 2.4% below the level recorded in the same week a year ago but 4.8% above the corresponding five-year average. In the previous week, ending August 28, energy firms had added 30 bcf of natural gas to storage.