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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Bullish Storage Report Sends NatGas Forwards Back Into Black
After swinging throughout the week, much like weather forecasts, natural gas forwards and futures markets turned decidedly bullish on Thursday after a much larger-than-expected storage report, lifting February forwards prices up an average 17 cents that day and up an average 10 cents between Jan. 6 and 12, according to NGI’s Forward Look.
NatGas Forwards Prices Perk Up on Bullish 151 Bcf Storage Withdrawal
After swinging throughout the week, much like weather forecasts, natural gas forwards and futures markets turned decidedly bullish on Thursday after a much larger-than-expected storage report, lifting February forwards prices up an average 17 cents that day and up an average 10 cents between Jan. 6 and 12, according to NGI’s Forward Look.
New ISO-NE Algonquin Tariff Fails to Reflect Scarcity Market, Dominion Says
A tariff change that was approved by FERC on Jan. 9 and went into effect on Jan. 10 granting ISO-New England (ISO-NE) permission to base certain price thresholds on Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Algonquin Gas Transmission (AGT) Citygates Non-G pricing hub, rather than on the ICE AGT Citygates pricing hub, brought to light the issue of non-liquidity and its impact on daily business.
NatGas Forwards Plunge as End-of-Month Cold Unlikely
There was no spectacular fireworks show for natural gas forwards markets the first week of the new year as bleak prospects for cold weather later this month sent the February prompt month barreling down an average of 56 cents between Dec. 30 and Jan. 5, according to NGI Forward Look.
January’s Expected Warm-Up Sinks Natural Gas Forwards Values
There was no spectacular fireworks show for natural gas forwards markets the first week of the new year as bleak prospects for cold weather later this month sent the February prompt month barreling down an average of 56 cents between Dec. 30 and Jan. 5, according to NGI Forward Look.
Cold Blast, Supply-Demand Buoy February NatGas Forwards During Final Week of 2016
Double-digit swings marked the final days of trading in 2016 for natural gas forwards and futures markets as the second 200+ draw from storage and forecasts of widespread cold to blanket much of the U.S. beginning late in the coming week ultimately sent February prices up an average of 28.5 cents between Dec. 23 and 29, according to NGI Forward Look.
NatGas Markets Find Lots of Volatility Under the Tree This Christmas
If anyone in the natural gas market thought the week leading up to Christmas was going to be a quiet one, they were wrong. Nymex January futures set the tone for a volatile week, plunging more than 10 cents early on, but then spiking nearly 30 cents the very next day. The Nymex January futures contract ultimately gained 12.5 cents between Dec. 16 and 21 to settle at $3.54 amid prospects for returning cold for the beginning of January and a solid 200+ draw from storage.
Forecasted Warm-Up Stifles Bullish NatGas Storage Report’s Impact on Forward Prices
Natural gas forwards markets abided by the old adage “what goes up must come down” as January prices plunged an average 44 cents between Dec. 9 and 15 on forecasts for milder weather to close out December, effectively putting prompt-month prices back to where they were at the start of the month, according to NGI’s Forward Look.
Bullish NatGas Storage Report No Match For Milder Weather Trends
Natural gas forwards markets abided by the old adage “what goes up must come down” as January prices plunged an average 44 cents between Dec. 9 and 15 on forecasts for milder weather to close out December, effectively putting prompt-month prices back to where they were at the start of the month, according to NGI’s Forward Look.
Bullish NatGas Forwards Price Run Quelled by Milder Weather Forecast
Natural gas forwards markets abided by the old adage “what goes up must come down” as January prices plunged an average 44 cents between Dec. 9 and 15 on forecasts for milder weather to close out December, effectively putting prompt-month prices back to where they were at the start of the month, according to NGI’s Forward Look.