Last week’s natural gas inventories drew -191 Bcf the EIA reported giving little boost to futures rest around 12 cents above multi year lows, with warmer weather threats prices remain pressured.
Last week’s natural gas inventories drew -191 Bcf the EIA reported giving little boost to futures rest around 12 cents above multi year lows, with warmer weather threats prices remain pressured.
The 2 week’s draws of -199 Bcf, -99 Bcf and -119 Bcf have seen natural gas futures wallowing as with warmer weather is modelled into the shoulder months. From here weather models are key on the longevity of the season. The focus will continue to Sabine Pass and Mexico in time.
EIA’s Weekly Gas Storage Report Report Date: 2/15/18
- Via TradersCommunity.com
- Release Time: Thursday February 22 2018 10:30 ET
Market Expectations
- Actual – 124 Bcf Prior -191 Bcf
- Consensus Forecast – 184 Bcf
- Cons. Range: -105 to – 129 Bcf
- EIA swap: – 120 to -121 @ CT 15.13
Last Week’s Report -191 Bcf #TCNG
Weather
Bentek Models
- Bentek S/D Model: – 123 Bcf
- Bentek Flow Model: – 122 Bcf
After last week’s bullish 194 Bcf, the expected drop comes on significant warming across the East and Midwest, which resulted in their estimated draws to decrease by a combined 57 Bcf week on week. A 122 Bcf withdrawal would fall pretty evenly between last year’s reported 92 Bcf and the five-year average draw , which is 145 Bcf,”- Bentek
Storage Forecasts
Surveys
- Bloomberg Survey -121
- DJ Survey -120
- Reuters Survey -120
- Platts Survey -119
Analysts
- Gabe Harris -107
- Genscape -121
- Kidduff Report -119
- Shura Li – Pira -126
- Peter Marrin – SNL -119
- Norse -115
- Point Logic -120
- Robry825 – 118
- Schneider Electric -128
- Donnie Sharp Huntsville -121
- Andy Wiessman -119
Banks/Brokers
- Tim Evans Citigroup -105
- Macquarie Bank – 126
- Raymond James – 129
- TFS -120
The Fundamental Edge with Brynne Kelly @BrynneKKelly
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RonH Data @ronh999
– Natgasflow into Cheniere’s Sabine Pass facility for Dec 2017 averaged 2.97 Bcf/day. LNG exports out averaged 2.68 Bcf/day. That’s a 9.8% difference for possible inventory change, internal use and loss. https://public.tableau.com/profile/ron.h8870#!/vizhome/Energies-NGPipelineFlow/SabineAvgDay…
Current Storage Level vs. Last Year; 5-Yr
- Current Storage Level: 1,884 Bcf
- Storage 2016/Same Week: 2461
- 5Yr Avg/Same Week: 2317
Sources: TradersCommunity Research
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