** Shares of natural gas companies rise ahead of weekly
natgas storage report, while natgas futures NGc1 fall
** U.S. natural gas futures eased about 1% on forecasts for
less demand over the next two weeks than previously expected and
expectations of lower gas flows due to ongoing outages at
Freeport LNG in Texas NGA/
** Freeport LNG said on Wednesday it anticipates two of the
three liquefaction trains at its Texas export plant will remain
out of service for testing and repairs through May
** Producers CNX Resources CNX.N and EQT EQT.N up 0.7%
and 1.2%, respectively
** Natgas pipelines company Williams WMB up 1.4%,
Tellurian TELL.N up 3.2%
** ETFs United States Natural Gas Fund UNG.P and ProShares
Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas BOIL.P , however, down 1.7% and
3.4%, respectively
(Reporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru)
((Seher.Dareen@thomsonreuters.com;))