POLL-US natgas stocks seen down 139 bcf in wkly EIAs
NEW YORK, Dec 23 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas storage levels are expected to fall 139 billion cubic feet when weekly data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration is released on Wednesday, according to a Reuters poll.
The report will be issued a day early this week on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) due to the Christmas holiday on Thursday.
In the survey of 17 industry traders and analysts, withdrawal estimates for the week ended Dec. 19 ranged widely from 113 bcf to 162 bcf. For the same week last year, stocks fell an adjusted 153 bcf, while the five-year average decline for that week is 132 bcf.
The median withdrawal in the survey was 140 bcf. (Reporting by Joe Silha)
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