# EIA Reports Smaller-than-expected Fall In U.S. Natural-gas Supplies | Fox Business

> The EIA reported that U.S. natural gas supplies fell 49 Bcf in the week ended Dec. 30, well below the 106 Bcf expected. Total stocks stand at 3.311 Tcf, 364 Bcf below a year earlier and 21 Bcf below the five-year average.

- Date: 2017-01-05 · published 2017-01-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11915-eia-reports-smaller-than-expected-fall-in-u-s-natural-gas-supplies-fox-business
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

The smaller-than-expected withdrawal signals a looser balance than forecast, which pushed February futures lower.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2016-06-02 | [EIA Reports 82 Billion-cubic-foot Rise In U.S. Natural-gas Supplies \| Fox Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7635-eia-reports-82-billion-cubic-foot-rise-in-u-s-natural-gas-supplies-fox-business.md) | +4.3% | +25.3% |
| NATGAS | 2019-11-01 | [NYMEX natural gas inches lower after higher than expected storage build report – The Energy Bulletin Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56251-nymex-natural-gas-inches-lower-after-higher-than-expected-storage-build-report.md) | +4.7% | -11.6% |
| NATGAS | 2023-03-09 | [EIA expects US natural gas consumption to fall 2.4% in 2023 \| Oil & Gas Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37036-eia-expects-us-natural-gas-consumption-to-fall-2-4-in-2023-oil-and-gas-journal.md) | -3.2% | -14.4% |
| NATGAS | 2020-09-01 | [U.S. liquefied natural gas exports remain at low levels this summer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51819-u-s-liquefied-natural-gas-exports-remain-at-low-levels-this-summer.md) | -3.4% | -14.2% |
| NATGAS | 2018-01-04 | [Natural gas slumps 4% after lower-than-expected US inventory drawdown](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7022-natural-gas-slumps-4-after-lower-than-expected-us-inventory-drawdown.md) | -30.1% | -31.8% |

## Sources

- foxbusiness.com: https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/eia-reports-smaller-than-expected-fall-in-u-s-natural-gas-supplies

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