To: Dennis Roth who wrote (117385 ) 2/4/2009 3:37:14 PM From: Dennis Roth 1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206160 Bloomberg: Natural Gas Advances as Supplies May Decline More Than Average bloomberg.com Stockpiles may have declined 196 billion cubic feet last week, according to the median of 12 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. DJ UPDATE: Not Available today. Reuters: * Cold midweek weather prompts some short covering * Ample supply, weak economy still limit gains NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - New York Mercantile Exchange natural gas futures ended higher on Wednesday, as cold midweek weather and an upcoming weekly inventory report prompted some shorts to cover despite milder late-week weather, ample supplies and concerns about a shrinking economy, traders said...www1.investorvillage.com A Reuters poll on Wednesday showed inventories were expected to fall 190 bcf when weekly EIA storage data is released on Thursday at about 10:30 a.m. Stocks fell an adjusted 221 bcf for the same week in 2008, while the five-year average draw for that week is 183 bcf. ==== Expectations for Fridays's reported draw are: Dow Jones Survey N.A. Bloomberg Survey -196 Bcf Reuters Survey -190 Bcf BENTEK Storage Rpt N.A. robry825 2003 model -206 Bcf, 2005 -216 Bcf, 2008 -206 Bcf z24blackjet -195 Bcf quehubo -185 Bcf Last year's draw -221 Bcf Five year average -183 Bcf ==== GULF PRODUCTION MONITOR February 4, 2009: Gulf production dropped to 10.5 Bcf today. The decline in mostly in La Onshore and Offshore flows which are down 114 MMcf/d and 133 MMcf/d respectively. Several pipes have contributed to the decline but it appears that lower volumes on Transco are contributing to a bulk of the decline. Transco has not issued any major outage notices. Some of the decreased volumes can be attributed to a force majeure issued on Manta Ray yesterday which caused deliveries to ANR decline around 35 MMcf/d. bentekenergy.com