The latest weekly draw from US natural gas storage inventories once again outpaced the average rate as only one below-average pull has been seen year to date, widening the deficit as the withdrawal season enters its final month. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Storage fields withdrew 139 Bcf for the week ended Feb. 25, according to data released by the US Energy Information Administration March 3. Working gas inventories decreased to 1.643 Tcf. US storage volumes now stand 216 Bcf, or 11.6%, less than the year-ago level of 1.859 Tcf and 255 Bcf, or 13.4%, less than the five-year average of 1.898 Tcf. The withdrawal was just above the 137 Bcf draw expected by an S&P Global Commodity Insights survey of analysts. Responses to the survey ranged from a 130 to 150 Bcf withdrawal. It also outpaced the five-year average […]