EU Gas Storage Stands at 71.61% as Winter LNG Risks Persist

European Union gas storage held 810.93 terawatt-hours (TWh), or 71.61% of working capacity, on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The reading comes as the bloc moves through the 2026-27 heating season with liquefied natural gas (LNG) availability and global competition for cargoes affecting its supply flexibility.

EU gas storage was 72% full on Oct. 1, 2026, at about 811 TWh (74 billion cubic meters), roughly 11% below its level a year earlier. The bloc entered the 2026-27 winter at a historically low level.

Storage fullness compares gas held in underground facilities with their working capacity; it does not show how much winter demand is already secured. Stored gas supplied about 26% of EU gas consumption in winter 2025-26.

A modeled scenario using reference winter demand and tight LNG supply puts storage at 13% by the end of March 2027. That figure is an outcome under the scenario's assumptions, not a prediction of actual inventories.

In a separate “LNG Optimal” scenario, LNG would supply about 40% of EU gas, with Norway supplying around 27%.

Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) Secretary General Lucie Boost described Europe as entering winter with “less gas in storage and less room for error.”