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July natural gas is expected to open a penny lower Friday morning at $2.70 as traders sense continued price weakness and an eventual long-term supply surplus. Overnight oil markets rose.

May natural gas is expected to open 2 cents higher Friday morning at $2.55 as traders caution against further aggressive selling with prices close to three-year lows. Overnight oil markets were mixed.

April natural gas is expected to open 3 cents lower Monday morning at $2.70 as traders see prices approaching key decision points and weather forecasts call for less heating load. Overnight oil markets slumped.

March natural gas is expected to open 2 cents lower Friday morning at $2.58 as technical traders anticipate the market reaching lower price objectives and the broader weather picture calls for warming. Overnight oil markets gained.

March natural gas is expected to open flat at $2.68 Tuesday morning as analysts concede the market’s ability to hold technical support yet remain wary of changes in weather and any new developments in production and storage. Overnight oil markets rose.

November natural gas is expected to open 12 cents lower Monday morning at $3.92 as forecasts calling for a cool air incursion suddenly look less intense. Overnight oil markets rose.

For the second month in a row, gas-fired power generation gained ground on coal-fired plants compared to the previous year by not falling off nearly as sharply, according to Genscape Inc.’s “Generation Fuel Monitor Report.”

Public opinion of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) among voters in New York State has shifted in favor of the practice, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday.

Controversial former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz left his job at the end of April, but his fingerprints are on an agency rule calling for stricter ozone standards that would affect Barnett Shale natural gas interests in Wise County, TX, energy companies and industry groups said.