Falling far short of market expectations, the United States added only 18 billion cubic feet into its natural gas inventories for the week ending August 12, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted in its weekly natural gas inventory report on Thursday. The low injection rate for the week, compared to expectations of around 30 Bcf, pushed natural gas futures up early on Thursday, according to Natural Gas Intelligence . Heading into the fall and winter, this is a comparatively low injection rate. During the same week last year, the inventories gained 46 Bcf. Recently, U.S. natural gas futures have been gaining significant ground at highs surpassing anything seen in well over a decade due to increased momentum in exports that could leave the country short of supplies. Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that U.S. supplies are still more than 10% below normal levels for this time of year. Natural […]