Deficit to five-year average trimmed to 12.2% Injection undershot survey expectations of 73 Bcf NYMEX Henry Hub August soars in post-report trading US natural gas working stocks rose by 60 Bcf during the week ended July 1, a well-below-expectations build that fueled a recovery in natural gas futures. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The net injection brought Lower-48 storage inventories up to 2.311 Tcf for the week ended July 1, the US Energy Information Administration reported July 7. Analysts S&P Global Commodity Insights surveyed July 5 had called for a 73 Bcf build. While responses had ranged from 50 Bcf to 82 Bcf, most analysts surveyed had predicted an above-average build. The weekly net injection aligned perfectly with the five-year average build of 60 Bcf but was more than double the 25 Bcf injection reported during the corresponding week […]