Jeremiah Shelor

Virginia’s State Air Pollution Control Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC’s (ACP) proposed Buckingham Compressor Station, a favorable decision for a project that found itself mired in legal and regulatory setbacks in 2018.

Varying outcomes from weather models for the final third of January accompanied a day of range-bound trading for natural gas futures Wednesday. Physical prices strengthened across the East Coast with wintry conditions moving in this week following recent mild temperatures; the NGI Spot Gas National Avg. added 30.0 cents to $3.155/MMBtu.

Varying outcomes from weather models for the final third of January accompanied a day of range-bound trading for natural gas futures Wednesday. Physical prices strengthened across the East Coast with wintry conditions moving in this week following recent mild temperatures; the NGI Spot Gas National Avg. added 30.0 cents to $3.155/MMBtu.

Forecasts advertising a potential shift to chillier conditions in the East later this month helped boost natural gas futures Tuesday, though prices ultimately finished well off the session’s highs. In the spot market, expectations for cooler temperatures in the Midwest and East later this week coincided with double-digit gains across the eastern two-thirds of the Lower 48; the NGI Spot Gas National Avg. climbed 19.0 cents to $2.855/MMBtu.

Forecasts advertising a potential shift to chillier conditions in the East later this month helped boost natural gas futures Tuesday, though prices ultimately finished well off the session’s highs. In the spot market, expectations for cooler temperatures in the Midwest and East later this week coincided with double-digit gains across the eastern two-thirds of the Lower 48; the NGI Spot Gas National Avg. climbed 19.0 cents to $2.855/MMBtu.

February natural gas futures were trading 4.6 cents higher at $2.990/MMBtu shortly before 9 a.m. ET Tuesday as forecasters pointed to further signs overnight of cold weather returning later this month.

A natural gas futures market left waiting for convincing signs of a return to more impressive winter heating demand sold off Monday. In the spot market, recent weakness continued as forecasters noted comfortable conditions for much of the Lower 48 to start the work week; the NGI Spot Gas National Avg. slid 3.5 cents to $2.665/MMBtu.

A natural gas futures market left waiting for convincing signs of a return to more impressive winter heating demand sold off Monday. In the spot market, recent weakness continued as forecasters noted comfortable conditions for much of the Lower 48 to start the work week; the NGI Spot Gas National Avg. slid 3.5 cents to $2.665/MMBtu.

The natural gas futures market managed to shake off a particularly bearish government storage report Friday as forecasts for a potential shift to colder temperatures later this month seemed to inspire some buying after recent declines.