DJ UPDATE: US GAS: Futures Slip On Moderating Weather futuresource.quote.com
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is expected to report that 62 billion cubic feet of gas were taken out of storage during week ended Jan. 11, according to the average prediction of 14 analysts and traders in a Dow Jones Newswires survey. During the same week last year, 83 bcf were taken out of storage to meet heating demand.
Bloomberg: New York Natural Gas Declines on Outlook Supplies Are Ample bloomberg.com
Stockpiles probably fell 61 billion cubic feet in the week ended Jan. 11, according to the median of 14 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Inventories fell 179 billion cubic feet in the same week a year ago, according to U.S. Energy Department data.
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Reuters: U.S. spot natural gas prices fell at nearly every price point Wednesday, most for the second day in a row, pressured again by weaker energy futures and a revised slightly milder weather forecast, traders said. www1.investorvillage.com
Most traders and analysts expect stocks to drop by about 58 bcf when weekly EIA storage data is released Thursday at about 10:30 a.m., a Reuters survey showed. Stocks fell an adjusted 83 bcf for the same week last year, while the five-year average drop for that week is 105 bcf.
Firm Physical Natural Gas Price for next day delivery - Down almost everywhere. intelligencepress.com
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GULF PRODUCTION MONITOR: January 16, 2008 Gulf production has dropped about 338,000 Dth/d today to 12.1 Bcf/d with declines in Texas and Louisiana. Independence Hub production was revised lower in Tuesday's I2 cycle and is only slightly higher today at 898,000 Dth/d. In the Louisiana area, volumes are down on a number of pipes with the largest declines on Tennessee and Columbia Gulf. In Texas, flows have dropped more than 100,000 Dth/d on NGPL. bentekenergy.com
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Weather Temperature Outlooks. Baby, it's cold outside... wxmaps.org cpc.ncep.noaa.gov But the East may get some relief in 10 days. cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
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Expectations for tomorrow's EIA report are:
Dow Jones Survey -62 Bcf Bloomberg Survey -61 Bcf Reuters Survey -58 Bcf robry825 -53 Bcf z24blackjet -57 Bcf quehubo -65 Bcf Cougar93 -55 Bcf
Last year's draw -83 Bcf Five year average -105 Bcf
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