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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Party’s Over: Natgas Basis Turns Quiet As End of Winter Looms
Natural gas forwards basis markets saw March quietly roll off the board and April take its prompt-month position on a light note as market players appear convinced that significantly cold weather will likely come to an end in the next week or so.
February 27, 2015
Last Week’s Brutal Eastern Cold Failed to Bolster NatGas Forwards Prices
Even as much of the central and eastern U.S. continues to experience what some have dubbed the “snowpocalypse,” only a handful of affected natural gas forwards markets saw any significant price action from Feb. 13-19.
February 23, 2015
NatGas Forwards Mixed as Cold Likely to Stick Around Through Early March
Even as much of the central and eastern U.S. continues to experience what some have dubbed the “snowpocalypse,” only a handful of affected natural gas forwards markets saw any significant price action from Feb. 13-19.
February 20, 2015
Frigid Cold Boosts Northeast, Midwest Natural Gas Forwards Basis
Natural gas forwards basis markets were up across the board from Friday, Feb. 6, to Wednesday, Feb. 11, with the strongest gains seen in the high-demand regions of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast as forecasts showed plummeting temperatures and more snowfall over the next week, and longer-range outlooks were more convincing the cold would stick around.
February 13, 2015
Northeast, Midwest Basis Surge Amid Unrelenting Bitter Cold
Natural gas forwards basis markets were up across the board this week, with the strongest gains seen in the high-demand regions of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast as forecasts show plummeting temperatures and more snowfall over the next week, and longer-range outlooks now are more convincing the cold will stick around.
February 12, 2015
Northeast Natural Gas Basis Gets Support From Ongoing Cold
Northeast natural gas forwards markets stole the show last week as frigid weather remained in the high-demand region, with key market hubs putting up double-digit gains in an otherwise lackluster market.
February 9, 2015
Northeast Natural Gas Basis Gets Support from Ongoing Cold; Other Markets in Lull
Northeast natural gas forwards markets stole the show this week as frigid weather remains in the high-demand region, with key market hubs putting up double-digit gains in an otherwise lackluster market.
February 6, 2015
NatGas Forwards Unimpressed by Recent Weather; March Opens Sluggish
Natural gas forwards markets remained unimpressed last week with recent weather systems hitting the Midwest and Northeast, with the February package barely budging at most market hubs as it slid off the board, and March sluggishly took over the prompt month position.
February 2, 2015
Back-to-Back Weather Systems Only Rattle New York; Others Unruffled
Natural gas forwards markets remain unimpressed with the recent weather systems hitting the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, with the February package barely budging at most market hubs as it slid off the board, and March sluggishly took over the prompt month position.
January 30, 2015
Natural Gas Forwards Values Fall Last Week on Slack Demand
Natural gas forwards markets were generally lower last week as unconvincing weather forecasts, returning production and bearish storage data weighed on prices.
January 26, 2015