EMD010 - EIA Focus

Energy Markets Daily's EIA Focus - pure data density ahead of today's critical EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report at 10:30 AM ET. Opening price snapshot: WTI $63.24/bbl (+1.04% daily, -3.8% YoY), Brent $67.18/bbl (+1.25% daily, -2.9% YoY), Henry Hub $3.12/MMBtu (+1.3% daily, +38.4% YoY). Critical EIA expectations: Market expects crude draw 2.1M barrels for week ending Sept 6 following API's 1.25M barrel build, gasoline inventories expected to decline 1.8M barrels, distillate stocks forecast +0.5M barrels. Natural gas storage: EIA expected to report 48 Bcf injection vs 52 Bcf five-year average, working gas stocks projected 3,265 Bcf (4.8% above average). Institutional positioning for potential API/EIA divergence, technical levels, and post-Labor Day demand patterns.