Analysts' Estimates For Today's EIA Weekly Storage Report

DJ Analysts See 72 Billion-Cubic Feet Add to U.S. Natural-Gas Inventories


  By Timothy Puko


  Analysts expect government data scheduled for release Thursday to show natural-gas inventories last week rose about
on par with their five-year average increase for that time of the year.

  The U.S. Energy Information Administration is expected to report that storage levels grew by 72 billion cubic feet of
gas during the week ended Sept. 11, according to the average forecast of 16 analysts and traders surveyed by The Wall
Street Journal.

  The EIA is scheduled to release its storage data for the week on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. EDT.

  For the Sept. 11 week, the median estimate is for an addition of 73 bcf. Estimates range from an addition of 66 bcf
to an addition of 80 bcf.

  The estimate for Sept. 11 compares with 90 bcf added to storage for the same week last year and the 75-bcf five-year
average addition for that week.

  If the storage estimate is correct, inventories as of Sept. 11 totaled 3.3 trillion cubic feet, 16% above levels from
a year ago and 3.9% above the five-year average for the same week.


  Write to Timothy Puko at tim.puko@wsj.com


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