Thursday, October 31, 2013

Natural gas: Storage Comes in a Bit High, Weather Looks Bearish

We have been distracted by the decline in crude but now as we get within six bucks of the target ($90 WTI) we'll be spending more time with natural gas.
Today's action via FinViz, $3.5910 last:


From the EIA:
Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
for week ending October 25, 2013.   |   Released: October 31, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.   |   Next Release: November 7, 2013

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


Historical Comparisons
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf)

Year ago
(10/25/12)
5-Year average
(2008-2012)
Region 10/25/13 10/18/13 change
(Bcf) % change (Bcf) % change
East 1,964   1,947   17  
2,086   -5.8   2,055   -4.4  
West 552   549   3  
539   2.4   504   9.5  
Producing 1,263   1,245   18  
1,274   -0.9   1,161   8.8  
   Salt 318   311   7  
298   6.7   206   54.4  
   Nonsalt 945   933   12  
977   -3.3   955   -1.0  
Total 3,779   3,741   38  
3,899   -3.1   3,721   1.6

And from the CME:
...Weather Tealeaves
Forecast Courtesy of Meteorologist Steve Gregory
  
Thought of the Day: Warmer but Stormy Weather Ahead
A highly progressive flow is now in place across much of North America, with a stormy pattern expected across much of the nation during the next 2 or more weeks. Major storms systems are seen across the nation at approximating 6-7 day intervals. Temperatures will average above-normal across the Eastern half of the nation, with strong warm-ups every few days ahead of each approaching storm, followed by a 'cool down' to near normal temperatures following each storm and associated cold frontal passages. Net gas-weighted heating demand will average 20% below normal during the next 7 days. For more information on this and other Weather Products & Services, contact: Steve Gregory at Steve.Gregory@WeatherIntelServices.com 
Notes of Note:

**Last week's weather was a whopping 90% cooler than same week/last year and 34% cooler than the 5-year average: 
**Supplies from the Northeast/Midwest regions improved a combined 0.2 Bcf/d W-o-W due to increased flows on TGP, Transco and TCO pipelines in the Pennsylvania portion of the Marcellus Shale. 
**In the Southeastern US, higher production levels were supported by a 
0.4 Bcf/d increase in onshore Gulf Coast flows. 
**Pipeline imports from Canada improved 0.7 Bcf/d W-o-W as imports into the Midwest, Northeast and Western US increased 0.4, 0.1 and 0.1 Bcf/d, respectively. 
**Total demand increased 6.6 Bcf/d W-o-W and was 6.0 Bcf/d higher than 2012 levels;
**Industrial demand:19.4 Bcf/d, +0.7 Bcf/d W-o-W, +0.8 Y-o-Y;
**Res/comm: 23.6 Bcf/d, +6.2 Bcf/d W-o-W, +6.2 Bcf/d Y-o-Y; 
**Power demand: 19.9 Bcf/d, -0.5 Bcf/d W-o-W, -1.1 Bcf/d Y-o-Y; 
**Nuclear generation: 80.6 GW, -1.7 GW W-o-W, +8.7 GW Y-o-Y; 
**BPA hydro output:153.9 GWh, +1.6 GWh W-o-W,+13.1 GWh Y-o-Y;
**CAISO hydro output: 35.2 GWh,+0.8 GWh W-o-W,+0.3 GWh Y-o-Y;
**ERCOT wind output:72.6 GWh, +4.9 GWh W-o-W,-44.0 GWh Y-o-Y;
**BPA wind output: 0.9 GWh, -4.6 GWh W-o-W, -20.5 GWh Y-o-Y;
**Total supply increased 0.9 Bcf/d W-o-W; It was 1.3 Bcf/d higher than 2012; 
**Dry gas production: 65.7 Bcf/d, +0.2 Bcf/d W-o-W, +1.2 Bcf/d Y-o-Y; 
**Net Imports: 3.9 Bcf/d, +0.6 Bcf/d W-o-W, +0.5 Bcf/d Y-o-Y.