Natural gas storage swaps catch on

London-based GFI has brokered its first over-the-counter (OTC) swap based on US natural gas inventory data, between Houston-based hedge fund Centaurus and another unnamed hedge fund. Centaurus also traded a second such swap on the same day, with an unnamed physical energy trader.

The trades are based on the weekly report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) – the US Department of Energy’s statistical arm – detailing the net change in working natural gas in storage in the US. So far, the transactions have been for a one-off, day-of-release, no-revisions payment, based on the first figure released.

GFI says this new type of deal is catching on fast – in the week since the first trade settled in May, it has done several others like it. Certainly, Centaurus

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