DJ UPDATE: US GAS: Futures End Lower On Industrial Data, Weather futuresource.quote.com
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is expected to report that 87 billion cubic feet of gas were added to inventories during the week ended July 10, according to the average forecast of 17 analysts and traders surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires. If the average forecast is correct, inventories as of July 10 will total 2.883 trillion cubic feet, 19% above the five-year average and 26% above a year earlier.
Bloomberg: Natural Gas Falls on Estimates of Above-Average Inventory Gain bloomberg.com
Supplies probably rose 92 billion cubic feet last week, according to the median of 18 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The five-year average increase is 88 billion.
Reuters: * Muggy, hot weather across South, West stirs demand * Gas futures slide despite much stronger crude * Record high storage weighs on sentiment
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. spot natural gas prices rose at every price point for the second consecutive day Wednesday, lifted by extreme hot weather across the southern United States that stirred demand for power despite milder weather in the Northeast and weaker gas futures... www1.investorvillage.com
Injection estimates for this week's report ranged from 63 bcf to 102 bcf, with most traders and analysts expecting stocks to rise by about 87 bcf when weekly data is released Thursday at about 10:30 a.m. EDT, a Reuters survey showed. Stocks rose an adjusted 102 bcf for the same week last year, while the five-year average build for that week is 88 bcf.
First Enercast NG Estimate www1.investorvillage.com prediction for week ending 7/10/09 Weekly change +90 Bcf up est
Z24blackjet www1.investorvillage.com +98 Bcf
robry825 www1.investorvillage.com +94 Bcf
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Expectations for Thursday's reported storage build are:
Dow Jones Survey 87 Bcf Bloomberg Survey 92 Bcf Reuters Survey 87 Bcf BENTEK Storage Rpt N.A First Enercast 90 Bcf robry825 2003 model 94 Bcf, 2005 86 Bcf, 2008 94 Bcf z24blackjet 98 Bcf
Last year's build 102 Bcf Five year average 88 Bcf
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