To: Dennis Roth who wrote (120922 ) 5/27/2009 4:26:21 PM From: Dennis Roth 2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 206104 DJ UPDATE:US GAS:Futures End Flat Amid Book-Squaring,Rising Crudefuturesource.quote.com The U.S. Energy Information Administration is expected to report that 111 billion cubic fee t of gas were added to storage during week ended May 22, according to the average prediction of 18 analysts and traders in a Dow Jones Newswires survey. Bloomberg: Natural Gas Declines on Forecast for Above-Average Storage Gain bloomberg.com The Energy Department may say gas inventories rose 112 billion cubic feet in the week ended May 22, according to the median of 10 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. An increase of that size would be the biggest weekly storage gain in almost six years. Reuters: * Front month futures rise early ahead of expiration * Near-term warmer weather boosts some cooling loads * Record storage, economy still weigh on sentiment NEW YORK, May 27 (Reuters) - U.S. spot natural gas prices rose at every price point Wednesday, boosted along with early strength in the gas futures market ahead of the front month's expiration later in the day and with warmer weather in some key consuming regions, traders said...investorvillage.com Injection estimates for this week's EIA report ranged from 90 bcf to 122 bcf with most traders and analysts expecting stocks to rise 108 bcf when weekly data is released Thursday at about 10:30 a.m. EDT, a Reuters survey showed. For the same week last year, stocks rose an adjusted 87 bcf, while the five-year average build for that week is 91 bcf. First Enercast:investorvillage.com * First Enercast Financial prediction for week ending 5/22/09 : 2,226 Bcf * First Enercast Financial predicted weekly change: +110 Bcf </b. === Expectations for Thursday's reported storage build are: Dow Jones Survey 111 Bcf Bloomberg Survey 112 Bcf Reuters Survey 108 Bcf BENTEK Storage Rpt N.A First Enercast 110 Bcf robry825 2003 model 116 Bcf, 2005 113 Bcf, 2008 116 Bcf z24blackjet 112 Bcf Last year's build 87 Bcf Five year average 91 Bcf