Alex Steis

A natural gas pipeline rupture on TransCanada's 1.6 Bcf/d North Central Corridor pipe in northern Alberta that serves Canada's prime oil sands production area has caused at least two major oil producers to curtail production.

In the wake of the news Friday that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) would cease operations and furlough its staff thanks to the U.S. Government shutdown, traders and analysts are waiting to see how the natural gas futures market deals with the lack of a weekly storage inventory update.

In the wake of the news Friday that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) would cease operations and furlough its staff thanks to the U.S. Government shutdown, traders and analysts are waiting to see how the natural gas futures market deals with the lack of a weekly storage inventory update.