NEW YORK May 16- Brent June crude oil futures expired slightly higher on Thursday, buoyed by a weaker dollar even as a bevy of slack U.S. economic data capped gains in the stock market. "If we have to pick a driver for today, it's that the dollar's under pressure," said Gene McGillian, analyst at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut.
May 13- Transocean Ltd said on Monday that Chairman Michael Talbert will step down later this year, in a move that comes just days before the culmination of a fight between the offshore driller and investor Carl Icahn in which Talbert was a target.
After blowing through minor support at the 20- day and 40- day moving averages over the last week, chart traders said Tuesday's weak close broke support in the $3.94 per mmBtu area, the 38.2 percent Fibonacci retracement of the move up from the February low of $3.125 to last week's high of $4.444.
NEW YORK, May 7- U.S. natural gas futures lost ground on Tuesday for a second straight day, with moderating weather forecasts and tapering demand driving the front-month contract to a test of key technical support.
*Front month well below recent 21- month high. NEW YORK, May 7- U.S. natural gas futures sank to their lowest level in just over a month on Tuesday, pressured by forecasts calling for moderating temperatures over the coming days and weeks.
*Front month well below recent 21- month high. NEW YORK, May 7- U.S. natural gas futures sank to their lowest level in just over a month on Tuesday, pressured by forecasts calling for moderating temperatures over the next few weeks. As of 9:12 a.m. EDT, front-month June natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
May 7- Black Hills Corp:. *Black Hills Corporation to sell power generation turbine. unit to the city of Gillette for approximately $22 million.
*Announces April 2013 rig counts. *Says average U.S. rig count for April 2013 was 1,755, down 1 from the 1,756. *Says the international rig count for April 2013 was 1,301, up 33 from the.
By John Kemp LONDON, May 7- No one has ever seen an oil field. Typically buried thousands of feet below the surface, oil fields are like a sponge saturated with a mixture of oil, water and gas, rather than the underground cavern most people imagine when they think about oil and gas reservoirs.
NEW YORK, May 6- U.S. natural gas futures, pressured by milder weather forecast for the next few days that should slow demand, ended lower on Monday, but the cooler weather due next week, particularly for the Midwest and South, limited selling.
NEW YORK, May 6- U.S. natural gas futures lost ground on Monday, pressured by milder weather this week that should slow demand despite the cooler temperature outlook next week for the Midwest and South. "I think the market is just pulling back after the run up, but there are some concerns that storage builds are starting to get bigger," a Texas- based producer said.
*Front month well below recent 21- month high. NEW YORK, May 6- U.S. natural gas futures sank to a one-month spot chart low under $4 per million British thermal units early on Monday, pressured by forecasts calling for moderating temperatures over the next two weeks.
NEW YORK, May 6- U.S. natural gas futures sank to a one-month spot chart low early on Monday, under $4 per million British thermal units again, as forecasts called for moderating temperatures over the next two weeks. As of 9:17 a.m. EDT, front-month June natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
NEW YORK, May 3- U.S. natural gas futures ended higher on Friday in choppy trade, underpinned by short-covering ahead of the weekend after three straight losing sessions despite some overnight selling that drove the front contract to a four-week low.
The gas-directed rig count slid by 12 this week to 353, its lowest since June 1995, when the count stood at 340, data from Houston- based Baker Hughes. The oil-focused rig count rose by 22 to 1,403, its fifth gain in six weeks, Baker Hughes data showed.
*Coming Up: Baker Hughes gas drilling rig data Friday. NEW YORK, May 3- U.S. natural gas futures seesawed on either side of unchanged early on Friday, after sliding under $4 per million British thermal units for the first time in about a month in continuation of Thursday's 7- percent selloff.
NEW YORK, May 3- U.S. natural gas futures slipped early on Friday, falling under $4 per million British thermal units for the first time in about a month in continuation of Thursday's 7- percent selloff. As of 9:23 a.m. EDT, front-month June natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange. were at $4.017 per mmBtu, down 0.8 cent, after sliding as low as $3.977.
*Coming Up: Baker Hughes rig data, CFTC trade data Friday. NEW YORK, May 3- U.S. natural gas futures edged higher on Friday in choppy trade, underpinned by short covering ahead of the weekend after three straight losing sessions despite some overnight selling that drove the front-month contract to a four-week low.
*Coming Up: Baker Hughes rig data, CFTC trade data Friday. "The first bearish storage report in several weeks sent the market sharply lower as the EIA reported a 43 bcf injection that took the market by surprise," said Mike Tran at CIBC Global World Markets in New York.
*Coming Up: EIA natgas storage data 10:30 a.m. EDT ( 1430 GMT. Most traders and analysts expect weekly data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration to show a build of about 28 billion cubic feet when it is released at 10:30 a.m. EDT, a Reuters poll showed. As of 9:43 a.m. EDT, front-month June natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.