Thursday, January 31, 2013

Natural Gas Tumbles on Smaller than Expected Withdrawal

We had been seeing guesses of a 200-210 Bcf withdrawal
The week being reported, the fourth week in January is historically the coldest week of the year in the United States. (actually the Northern Hemisphere but let's be Americentric for a while)
The front futures are down 7 cents at $3.27, here's the five-minute chart from FinViz:



From the EIA:
Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

for week ending January 25, 2013.   |   Released: January 31, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: February 7, 2013

Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary text CSV JSN


Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)

Year ago
(01/25/12)
5-Year average
(2008-2012)
Region 01/25/13 01/18/13 change
(Bcf) % change (Bcf) % change
East 1,391 1,520 -129
1,500 -7.3 1,289 7.9
West 398 416 -18
399 -0.3 349 14.0
Producing 1,013 1,060 -47
1,105 -8.3 860 17.8
   Salt 244 260 -16
256 -4.7 132 84.8
   Nonsalt 769 800 -31
850 -9.5 728 5.6
Total 2,802 2,996 -194
3,004 -6.7 2,498 12.2

Summary

Working gas in storage was 2,802 Bcf as of Friday, January 25, 2013, according to EIA estimates....MORE