Weekly natural gas cash prices gained ground on the back of strong gains in West Texas in a week that was marked by stronger LNG feed gas flows and modestly higher weather-driven demand. 

NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg. for the April 22-26 trading period climbed 9.5 cents to $1.230/MMBtu.

Among the top weekly gainers, Permian Basin benchmark Waha rose $1.100 week/week to average a negative 67.0 cents as West Texas prices briefly traded in the positive during the week before falling back below zero. The Rockies’ El Paso San Juan rose 38.0 cents to $1.050.

At the other end of the spectrum, SoCal Citygate in California slid 35.0 cents to $1.595, and NOVA/AECO C in Canada fell C21.5 cents/GJ to C$1.055.

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