US energy companies withdrew 144 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas from storage in the week ending February 13, 2026, coming in slightly below market expectations for a 146 bcf draw. That compares with a withdrawal of 182 bcf in the same week a year earlier and a five-year average decline of 151 bcf for this period.
Total inventories fell to 2.070 trillion cubic feet, leaving stockpiles 2.8% below year-earlier levels and 5.6% beneath the five-year average. The latest drawdown follows a 249 bcf withdrawal in the previous week, as a persistent Arctic blast continued to keep much of the country in a deep freeze.
