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CME Group said late Wednesday it plans to launch two Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) futures contracts and four Japanese electricity futures contracts in February. While the electricity contracts would expand CME’s suite of global power futures and options, the two LNG contracts could provide Japanese power producers another tool to manage price risk, the…

Natural gas prices hovered in a narrow range of gains and losses early Wednesday as traders mulled strong demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports against weakened weather outlooks. But futures held firmly into the green in the afternoon as analysts rolled out forecasts for a substantial withdrawal with Thursday’s government storage report. The…

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices continued to set records in North Asia on Wednesday as buyers scrambled for prompt cargo deliveries amid a supply shortage and cold snap. Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. purchased a cargo from PetroChina Co. Ltd. at $21.70/MMBtu for delivery to China early next month. The transaction was above the previous high…

The key daily data that drives both the global natural gas market and NGI’s LNG Insight is now available at no cost for a limited time.  NGI subscribers and website visitors may access a daily Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for download that includes more than 20 sets of data compiled each day. Subscribers of all NGI…

With Old Man Winter appearing to trade in his snow boots for flip flops, natural gas forward prices ratcheted up declines during the final week of 2020. February prices tumbled an average of 11.0 cents from Dec. 24 to 30, while the balance of winter (February-March) fell an average 9.0 cents, according to NGI’s Forward…

A decline in liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand aided a small pullback in natural gas futures on Wednesday. With weather models stabilizing around a warm outlook for the first half of January, the new prompt February Nymex contract settled at $2.422/MMBtu, down 2.2 cents from Tuesday’s close. March slipped 1.7 cents to $2.422. Spot gas…

New regulation over the permitting process involved in the importing and exporting of fuels in Mexico published in the country’s Official Gazette on Dec. 26 could prove harmful to competition in the Mexican energy sector. Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (Cofece), the federal economic competition commission, published a statement last week warning the rules…

On a day of heightened volatility, the January Nymex natural gas futures contract rebounded sharply ahead of expiration as robust liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand took center stage. Though a full recovery from Monday’s steep sell-off proved difficult, the January contract expired a whopping 16.2 cents higher at $2.467. The February contract, which takes over…

Feed gas deliveries to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals that are running at or near peak capacity have grabbed headlines since colder weather settled in across the Northern Hemisphere in recent weeks. But what does it mean for an LNG plant to run at peak capacity? Never before have so many liquefaction trains…