BREAKING: U.S. EIA reports a 43 Bcf injection into natural gas storage inventories for week ending Aug. 14, right in line with market expectations

El Paso Natural Gas flows interrupted by fire, maintenance

After pushing above $2.40/MMBtu, natural gas futures steadied a bit Wednesday as traders looked ahead to the newest government storage data for further direction. The September Nymex gas futures contract settled at $2.426, up nine-tenths of a cent from Tuesday’s close. October nudged 0.007 cents higher to $2.563.

Spot gas prices were mixed as the only pockets of strong demand were limited to the western half of the country. NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg. dropped 8.0 cents to $2.220.

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