Jeremiah Shelor

Natural gas futures couldn’t break from a recent run lower Thursday as weekly government storage data confirmed expectations and allowed the bears to tighten their grip on the market. Spot prices fell across the East Coast with recent heat waning, while West Texas basis continued to strengthen; the NGI National Spot Gas Average dropped 11 cents to $2.67/MMBtu.

October natural gas futures were trading about 1.6 cents higher Wednesday morning at around $2.842/MMBtu, stanching the bleeding from the prior session’s selloff as forecasts overnight showed summer heat easing toward the second half of the month.

Even with Northeast output surging, recent bidweek and forwards trading suggests pipeline infrastructure is finally catching up and shrinking the wide basis differentials that once dogged producers in the Marcellus and Utica shales — a trend that could come into sharp relief this shoulder season.

Natural gas futures continued to slide Wednesday, with the market anticipating the start of the shoulder season as lingering summer heat looked less impressive in recent guidance. In the spot market, West Texas basis strengthened for the second straight day as East Coast points pulled back; the NGI National Spot Gas Average fell 3 cents to $2.78/MMBtu.

Natural gas futures continued to slide Wednesday, with the market anticipating the start of the shoulder season as lingering summer heat looked less impressive in recent guidance. In the spot market, West Texas basis strengthened for the second straight day as East Coast points pulled back; the NGI National Spot Gas Average fell 3 cents to $2.78/MMBtu.

October natural gas futures were down about 6.4 cents at around $2.852/MMBtu in early morning trading Tuesday as a combination of near-term tropical weather and longer-term seasonality posed downside risks for demand.

Rover Pipeline LLC has asked FERC for authorization to start service on its last remaining supply laterals as the operator approaches the end of construction on its 713-mile, 3.25 Bcf/d Appalachian takeaway project.

Possible demand destruction from a storm along the Gulf Coast and surging Lower 48 production helped drive heavy selling for natural gas futures over the holiday weekend and into Tuesday’s session. Spot prices were mixed as East Coast locations continued to climb on strong September heat; theNGINational Spot Gas Averagepicked up 13 cents to $2.81/MMBtu.

Possible demand destruction from a storm along the Gulf Coast and surging Lower 48 production helped drive heavy selling for natural gas futures over the holiday weekend and into Tuesday’s session. Spot prices were mixed as East Coast locations continued to climb on strong September heat; the NGI National Spot Gas Average picked up 13 cents to $2.81/MMBtu.