Storm Pushes Gas Prices Up, but Full Storage Limits the Rise

U.S. natural gas prices rose July 22 as Tropical Storm Bertha threatened Gulf gas production. But stored gas supplies were already high — 3,024 billion cubic feet as of July 10 (EIA), after growing 41 billion cubic feet that week. That stockpile limits how long a storm-driven disruption can keep prices elevated. Traders are betting on storm risk, not actual lost supply.