Natural gas futures found fresh footing on Monday, as traders mulled an updated relaunch timeline for a major export facility, railroad union members considered a strike, and forecasts pointed to another round of wintry weather in early December.

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After shedding 6.6 cents on Friday, the December Nymex gas futures contract surged 47.3 cents day/day and settled at $6.776/MMBtu to start the new week. January gained 50.7 cents to $7.223.

NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg. advanced 24.5 cents to $6.930.

Executives at the Freeport LNG export plant in Texas, forced offline in June following a fire, said Friday they now anticipate they will begin to bring operations back online in mid-December. This came after the liquefied natural gas facility missed an earlier goal to return to service...