EU Gas Storage Tracker: Winter 2026/27 Readiness
Live EU gas storage by country, measured against the year-ago base, the five-year average and the fill level Europe needs before withdrawal season — refreshed automatically from GIE AGSI+.
As of 2 Nov 2026, EU gas storage is 74.3% full —below the 82.9% recorded a year earlier (gas day 2 Nov 2025) and 15.6 points under the five-year average for this date (89.9%, 2021-2025 band), below the five-year minimum. 1 November has passed and the withdrawal season has begun, so the fill is read against the five-year range for this date rather than the 90% target. Against the five-year range for this date, winter readiness reads behind. This page updates automatically as new gas-day data publishes.
EU gas storage fullness, by country
| Country | Fill | Full |
|---|---|---|
| EU aggregate | 74.3% | |
| Germany | 60.8% | |
| Italy | 90.7% | |
| France | 85.7% | |
| Netherlands | 65.5% | |
| Austria | 65.8% | |
| United Kingdom | 40.5%est. · 29% coverage |
Every country GIE AGSI+ reports, on a live map against last year and the five-year average: EU gas storage map by country.
Below last year and below the five-year average
Europe went into the winter from an unusually low base. After a colder, longer 2025/26 withdrawal season, the continent entered spring well below recent norms and refilled slowly through the summer. The EU's storage-filling rules, originally a strict 90% by 1 November target, were softened in 2026 toward a more flexible band (broadly 80%+ with a wider window) so buyers were not forced to chase summer price peaks. That eased the optics, but it did not change the physics: the lower the November starting point, the more winter demand has to be met by imports in real time.
SOURCES: GIE AGSI+ · European Commission (storage regulation)Will Europe have enough gas this winter?
The honest answer for 2026/27: probably yes for supply security, but at a price. Storage is a buffer, not the whole supply — even a low November fill can be managed if LNG keeps flowing and the winter is mild. The risk is the combination: a thin base (74%, below the five-year minimum for 2 Nov), reduced Russian pipeline and LNG flows, and heavy reliance on flexible US and Qatari LNG that competes with Asian demand. Any two of those landing together is what turns a manageable winter into a price spike.
- Base case (mild winter, steady LNG): storage covers the peak; prices elevated but orderly.
- Stress case (cold snap + LNG diversion to Asia): rapid withdrawals, TTF spikes, and power prices follow gas up.
- The swing factor: how fast storage is drawn from here. Every extra point of storage is a day of buffer. How many days of gas Europe has left, live.
The levers that move the storage line
- LNG send-out. Regasified LNG is the marginal supply that fills the gap pipeline gas no longer covers; watch terminal send-out and the EU-Asia price spread.
- Injection economics. Buyers inject when the summer–winter spread pays for it; a flat spread slows the refill regardless of the calendar.
- Pipeline flows. Norway, Algeria, TAP and TurkStream set the baseline; outages move storage fast.
- Power-sector gas demand. Hot, low-wind spells pull gas into power generation and compete with injection.
Voltstack tracks all four live — AGSI+ storage, ALSI LNG send-out, ENTSOG pipeline flows and ENTSO-E power demand — in one workspace.
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EU gas storage stood at 74.3% of capacity (4 Nov 2026). Source: Voltstack Intelligence, EU Gas Storage Tracker, data from GIE AGSI+. https://voltstack.energy/insights/eu-gas-storage-tracker-winter-2026
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Disclaimer: This tracker is produced by Voltstack Intelligence for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Live storage figures are pulled from GIE AGSI+ and may be revised by the source; comparative and target figures are dated to their references. Readiness labels are heuristic, not a forecast. Corrections to research@voltstack.energy.
Sources: GIE AGSI+ / ALSI, ENTSOG, ENTSO-E, IEA Gas Market Report, European Commission (gas storage regulation).