The previous record storage drawdown took place in January 2018.

A street during a winter storm in New York City on Jan. 25, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Natural gas prices finished the Feb. 5 trading session lower as energy markets shrugged off a record U.S. storage drawdown.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, natural gas prices fell more than 2 percent to $3.39 per million British thermal units.






