Oklahoma is suing two natural gas marketers over alleged market manipulation and price gouging during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021. The deep freeze wreaked havoc on natural gas and electricity supply in the South Central United States, particularly Texas and Oklahoma, causing prolonged energy outages and extreme price spikes. Rather than taking measures to…
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Futures Plummet on Large Storage Fill
Exhibiting a symmetry not often seen in the hectic world of natural gas futures trading, prices spiraled lower Thursday on bearish storage data, exactly retracing the gains seen following last Thursday’s bullish storage report. Last Thursday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a lower-than-expected 74 Bcf injection and this week the EIA reported a greater-than-expected 82 Bcf refill. In both instances, the price reaction was immediate and substantial. On Aug. 7 the market leaped 33.7 cents higher, while Thursday the market dropped 28.8 cents to close at $4.891.
August 15, 2003
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