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Traders Beware: U.S. taps new tools to find fraud in volatile commodities market- oil and gas 360

Traders Beware: U.S. taps new tools to find fraud in volatile commodities market

Reuters WASHINGTON – When the U.S. Department of Justice charged a handful of JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) traders in 2018 and 2019 with alleged commodities futures manipulation, it wasn’t the first time the government had probed the bank’s metals trading activities. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigated the same business as part of a similar probe of

Weekly Gas Storage: Inventories increase by 76 Bcf- oil and gas 360

Weekly Gas Storage: Inventories increase 81 Bcf

Natural Gas Inventories as of May 15, 2020 The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 81 Bcf as of May 15, 2020. Working gas in storage was 2,503 Bcf as of Friday, May 15, 2020, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 81 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were