Natural Gas Prices

Natural gas prices slipped lower in May bidweek trading as the month’s expected uptick in cooling demand was upstaged by hefty inventory levels and recent bumpy performances by Gulf Coast LNG terminals. NGI’s May Bidweek National Avg. fell 7.0 cents month/month to $1.240/MMBtu. Trading for the latest bidweek period spanned April 24, 25 and 26…

E&P

Mexico’s natural gas production averaged 3.90 Bcf/d in March 2024, down from 4.35 Bcf/d in March 2023. State oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) accounted for 3.70 Bcf/d of the total, compared to 4.13 Bcf/d in the year-ago month, data from upstream regulator Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) show. Private sector operators supplied the remainder.  Pemex…

International

QatarEnergy has signed another three agreements to secure even more LNG shipping, this time chartering what the company calls QC-Max vessels that would be built in China.  QatarEnergy signed long-term charter party agreements for four liquefied natural gas vessels from China Merchants Group, three vessels from Shandong Marine Group and two vessels from China LNG…

Markets

Facing bearish headwinds from mild weather, weak physical market pricing and stubbornly elevated storage inventories, natural gas futures were retreating through midday trading Wednesday.  Here’s the latest: June Nymex futures off 5.6 cents to $1.935/MMBtu as of 2:10 p.m. ET Market expectations coalescing around a slightly lighter-than-average injection Thursday This week’s U.S. Energy Information Administration…