FX.co ★ US Natural Gas Stocks Rise Less than Expected

US energy companies injected 73 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas into storage in the week ended June 12, slightly below market expectations of a 75 bcf build. This compares with an injection of 97 bcf in the same week a year earlier and is in line with the five-year average (2021–2025) increase of 73 bcf for that period. Total inventories rose to 2.759 trillion cubic feet, 1% lower than in the corresponding week last year but about 5.8% above the five-year average for the same week. By contrast, in the week ended June 5, companies added 108 bcf of gas to storage.