April chills brought higher futures prices and modest shoulder season gains for natural gas forwards throughout the Lower 48 during the trading week ending April 14, according to NGI’s Forward Look.

For the April 8-14 period, fixed prompt-month prices at Henry Hub added 10 cents to average $2.619/MMBtu. Stronger prices at the national benchmark, which paralleled gains in Nymex futures, set the pace for fixed price increases of around a dime at numerous hubs throughout the Lower 48 during the week, Forward Look data show.

In the Midwest, Chicago Citygate May fixed prices picked up 11 cents to trade at $2.540, while in the Northeast, Algonquin Citygate added 13 cents to reach $2.148. In the Rockies and Northwest, Cheyenne Hub May fixed prices tacked on 13 cents to trade at...