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Working gas in storage rose 92 Bcf from previous week. The consensus was at 90 Bcf.

Storage level is 170 Bcf lower than same time year ago and bellow 5-year average.

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U.S. railroads originated 294,271 carloads, up 1.4% compared with the same week in 2010 and down 1.7% compared with 5-year average. Week over week change was 4.4%.

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