Analysts' Estimates For Tomorrow's EIA Weekly Storage Report

DJ Analysts See 100 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 100 billion cubic feet
of gas during the week ended Sept. 25, according to the average forecast of 17 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. 25 week, the median estimate is for an addition of 101 bcf. Estimates range from an addition of 88 bcf
to an addition of 112 bcf.

  The estimate for Sept. 25 compares to 110 bcf added to storage for the same week last year and the 94-bcf five-year
average addition for that week.

  If the storage estimate is correct, inventories as of Sept. 25 totaled 3.5 trillion cubic feet, 15% above levels from
a year ago and 4.6% above the five-year average for the same week.


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


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