Natural Gas
Year-to-date change: -9%
As the peak demand season for natural gas comes to a close, natural gas is stuck under $4/Mcf. An extreme winter has US gas inventories 3% below the 5-year average, yet traders are confident that supply will come roaring back once the drawdown season ends.
Supporting this, BHP Billiton plans to triple output from current levels in the Fayetteville shale in Arkansas, the assets that it recently acquired from Chesapeake Energy.
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Last updated February 28 2011: 7:24 AM ET
