Forwards

Regional natural gas forward curves offered hints of a market climbing out of the doldrums for the upcoming injection season, even as many hubs held flattish week/week for April delivery, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Fixed prices at Henry Hub for April delivery added 2.2 cents for the Feb. 22-28 trading period to reach $1.897/MMBtu,…

Natural gas forwards, mirroring Nymex futures, trended lower during the Oct. 11-18 trading period, though once again price action at hubs in the West diverged from the rest of the Lower 48, according to NGI’s Forward Look data. Henry Hub fixed prices for November delivery fell 32.1 cents to $3.059/MMBtu, and front month discounts of…

Haynesville Shale exploration and production (E&P) companies are biding their time and keeping an eye on forward natural gas prices in anticipation of more LNG takeaway by 2025, DT Midstream Inc. (DTM) CEO David Slater said Tuesday. During the conference call to discuss second quarter results, Slater said the Detroit-based company is “observing moderating production…

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. The opinions and positions expressed by Prud’homme do not necessarily reflect the views of NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index. Recent increases in…

With the hottest temperatures of the summer expected to soon reside in the market’s rearview, natural gas forwards receded during the Aug. 5-11 trading week, including large markdowns in the western United States, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Discounts of around a dime or more in fixed price prompt-month forwards were the norm for most…

The recent addition of the Agua Dulce pricing location to NGI’s Forward Look offered natural gas buyers in Mexico insight into any lingering concerns related to last month’s energy crisis in Texas. Mexican market players are looking to Agua Dulce forward curves to gain further understanding of key issues in the U.S. gas market going…

Although the natural gas supply outlook has improved in recent weeks, analysts are steadfast in their convictions that higher prices are needed in the coming months to prevent a significant supply shortfall next winter. A Goldman Sachs Commodities Research team, led by Samantha Dart, said this week it is maintaining a $3.25/MMBtu price forecast for…

Natural gas forward prices experienced yet another surge in the week before Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm packing 150 mph winds, made landfall, according to NGI’s Forward Look. Double-digit gains were the norm outside of the Northeast and California, helped in part by surging global gas prices and a pullback in production ahead of…

Natural gas traders couldn’t bear the scorching temperatures any longer, as heat indexes surged above 100 degrees across the United States and boosted forward prices for the July 23-29 period, according to NGI’s Forward Look. With the prospect of improving export demand and lower gas production in the months ahead, prices for the winter and…