Leticia Gonzales joined Natural Gas Intelligence as a markets contributor in 2014 after nine years at S&P Global Platts, where she was involved in producing the daily and forward price indexes for U.S. electricity and natural gas markets. She joined NGI full time in 2019 to cover North American natural gas markets and news and in 2021 was appointed Price & Markets Editor. In this role, Leticia oversees NGI's Daily Gas Price Index, including the process for calculating, monitoring, and publishing its natural gas daily prices.
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Natural Gas Futures Tumble as LNG Demand Tanks, Storage Risk Looms
Aggressive selling in the last half hour of trading accelerated early losses for natural gas futures on Tuesday, with the June Nymex contract settling 10.6 cents lower day/day at $1.720/MMBtu. July dropped an even sharper 12.0 cents to $1.965.
Tanking LNG Demand Takes Center Stage in Natural Gas Futures Decline; Hefty Storage Build Expected
Natural gas futures continued to pull back Wednesday as liquefied natural gas demand (LNG) took another hit. With government storage data expected to produce a second consecutive triple-digit injection, the June Nymex gas futures contract settled 10.4 cents lower at $1.616. July fell 10.9 cents to $1.856.
Natural Gas Futures Steady as Weather Models Start to Warm
Natural gas futures snapped a three-day losing streak, edging up Monday as weather models hinted at what could be a warmer-than-normal summer. However, with a looming storage “tsunami,” the June Nymex gas futures contract settled only three-tenths of a cent higher than Friday’s close at $1.826. July climbed .008 cents to $2.085.
Energy Transfer Says U.S. Oil Consumption Has Bottomed, Growth Ahead
Energy Transfer LP (ET) has found new ways to store products and has reduced spending for the year as it navigates the historic oil price collapse, but management for the Dallas-based midstreamer said the market has reached a bottom with improvement and growth for the remainder of the year.
Plunging LNG Demand, Storage Risk Spark Massive Sell-Off for Natural Gas Futures; Cash Retreats
Aggressive selling in the last half hour of trading accelerated early losses for natural gas futures on Tuesday, with the June Nymex contract settling 10.6 cents lower day/day at $1.720/MMBtu. July dropped an even sharper 12.0 cents to $1.965.
Natural Gas Futures See Third Day of Losses, but Supply/Demand Balances Tightening
Natural gas futures capped the first week of May with a third straight day of losses as near-term demand weakness trumped a sustained drop in production. The June Nymex gas futures contract settled Friday on the lower end of its trading range, off 7.1 cents day/day at $1.823. July fell 5.0 cents to $2.077.
Natural Gas Futures Steady as Forecasts Warm; Cash Mixed
Natural gas futures snapped a three-day losing streak, edging up Monday as weather models hinted at what could be a warmer-than-normal summer. However, with a looming storage “tsunami,” the June Nymex gas futures contract settled only three-tenths of a cent higher than Friday’s close at $1.826. July climbed .008 cents to $2.085.
Triple-Digit Storage Injection Leads to More Declines for Natural Gas Futures; Cash Slides Too
After some back and forth, bears prevailed in the battle for control of natural gas futures on Thursday as the first in an expected string of triple-digit storage injections was reported by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The June natural gas neared the $2.00/MMBtu mark early, but then eventually settled 5.0 cents lower day/day at $1.894. July slipped 4.4 cents to $2.127.
Natural Gas Forward Prices Find Footing Despite Continued Volatility, Uncertainty
Despite erratic swings throughout the week, natural gas forward prices eventually stabilized as the calendar flipped to May as states across the country started to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Natural Gas Futures Extend Losses, but ‘Meaningful’ Tightening Seen as Shutdowns Ease
Natural gas futures capped the first week of May with a third straight day of losses as near-term demand weakness trumped a sustained drop in production. The June Nymex gas futures contract settled Friday on the lower end of its trading range, off 7.1 cents day/day at $1.823. July fell 5.0 cents to $2.077.