eia storage report

As traders and analysts awaited a full accounting from the latest government inventory data of last week’s deep freeze, natural gas futures were up slightly early Thursday. The April Nymex contract was up 1.0 cent to $2.805/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. This week’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) storage inventory report, scheduled for 10:30 a.m.…

Natural gas futures were down sharply in early trading Monday, pressured by a warmer weather outlook and production coming back online following last week’s cold-related disruptions. The March Nymex contract was down 13.8 cents to $2.931/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. Forecasts trended warmer over the weekend, showing a warmer than normal pattern for early…

As traders and analysts contemplated the supply/demand balance implications of unprecedented disruptions in the natural gas system over the past week, futures prices hovered close to even in early trading Friday. The March Nymex contract was up 0.6 cents to $3.088/MMBtu at around 8:45 a.m. ET. Milder temperatures over the weekend and moderating prices in…

Domestic crude oil inventories dropped substantially for a second straight week for the week ended Feb. 12, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday, as demand increased and production declined. Analysts said the surge in frigid weather that blasted the nation’s midsection this week and upended daily life in Texas – where energy infrastructure…

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a 237 Bcf withdrawal from natural gas storage inventories for the week ending Feb. 12, not showing nearly as steep a drawdown as what had been expected by the market. Nymex natural gas futures were already sharply lower ahead of the EIA report and then fell even more once…

As overnight weather data shifted warmer, and as traders mulled the implications of an export ban out of Texas, natural gas futures pulled back a few cents in early trading Thursday. The March Nymex contract was down 4.3 cents to $3.176/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. The major weather models trended warmer overnight, lowering demand…

While energy markets were still reeling from the unprecedented conditions driving physical natural gas prices into the hundreds of dollars per MMBtu at hubs all over the country, futures price action appeared markedly more calm early Wednesday.  After locking in a 21.7-cent gain in the previous settle, the March Nymex contract was trading 3.0 cents…

Natural gas futures climbed in early trading Friday as surging physical prices and production freeze-offs illustrated the impact of frigid temperatures sweeping through the Lower 48. The March Nymex contract was up 5.7 cents to $2.925/MMBtu at around 8:45 a.m. ET. The weather models trended warmer overnight, according to Bespoke Weather Services. The firm attributed…

Unfazed by the tumultuous weather pattern circulating throughout much of the United States for the next week or so, natural gas futures closed Thursday with a whimper. A big bearish miss on the latest storage data sealed March Nymex futures’ fate early in the session, with the contract ultimately slipping 4.3 cents to $2.868/MMBtu. April…