The Outlook for an Expanding Storage Surplus Weighs on Nat-Gas Prices

May Nymex natural gas (NGK26 ) on Tuesday closed down -0.028 (-1.07%). Nat-gas prices continued their 5-week selloff on Tuesday, dropping to a 17-month low. Forecasts for above-normal temperatures that reduce nat-gas heating demand and expand US gas storage levels are weighing on prices. The Commodity Weather Group said that...Natural gas burnoff refinery by Leonid Eremeychuk via iStock