Found an update on the US natural gas rig count a href=”http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSN028762620090702″via Reuters/a.br /br /ulliThe number of rigs drilling for natural gas in the United States unexpectedly rose again, the second gain in seven months, according to a report on Thursday by oil services firm Baker Hughes in Houston./liliThe report showed U.S. gas drilling rigs edged up 1 to 688 this week, still 851 rigs, or 55 percent, below the same week last year, when there were 1,539 gas rigs operating./liliTighter access to credit and a 70 percent slide in natural gas prices to about $3.50 per mmBtu, after peaking above $13 last July, have forced many producers to scale back drilling operations./liliBut, with the natural gas drilling rig count below 700, most analysts expect to see year-on-year output declines soon, which should help tighten the overall supply-demand balance./li/ulThis hits on the important short-term factors for gas. Supply is still elevated, and while the rig count went up by one this week, it is substantially down from last year in efforts to balance supply and demand. For gas prices, this could be more uncertainty, but likely some bouncing around at these levels until demand picks back up.br /br /a href=”http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/BHI/674709900×0x304223/FF12148C-B27B-49FE-B40F-761C712FEB44/na_rigs_070209.pdf”Here’s a link to the Baker Hughes US rig report from 7/2/09/a. (pdf).br /br /I’ve been picking up shares of UNG lately, so I’ll continue to update on this situation.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/819581243324579563-4197070824131633600?l=briskycapital.blogspot.com’//div

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