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While Chesapeake Energy Corp. works to finalize its natural gas supply deals with LNG buyers, management says it’s narrowing down opportunities to link more of its Haynesville and Marcellus shale supply to international benchmarks in the months to come. Chesapeake currently has tentative agreements with liquefied natural gas traders that could link up to 3…

Mild weather and ample natural gas supplies again combined Monday to drag down natural gas prices across the northern hemisphere.  “Natural gas prices are under significant pressure to open the week with global benchmarks tumbling across U.S. and European markets,” said Schneider Electric analyst Robbie Frasier.  “Much of that weakness can be attributed to continually…

As milder temperatures continued to blanket Lower 48 forecast maps over the weekend, suggesting weak weather-driven demand could persist well into December, natural gas futures were trading sharply lower early Monday. After carving out a low of $2.688/MMBtu earlier in the morning, the January Nymex contract was off 9.6 cents to $2.718 at around 8:40…

A mild early December forecast and further evidence of surging domestic production combined to send natural gas futures tumbling early Monday as traders returned from the weekend break. After settling 4.2 cents lower on Black Friday, the December Nymex contract was off another 9.7 cents to $2.758/MMBtu as of 8:42 a.m. ET. January was down…

Natural gas futures probed modestly higher early Wednesday as traders awaited the latest government inventory data, a potentially pivotal follow-up to the decidedly bearish result from last week’s release. The December Nymex contract was up 3.2 cents to $2.878/MMBtu at around 8:42 a.m. ET. The December contract posted a fourth consecutive daily decline on Tuesday,…

Natural gas futures fell for a fourth session Tuesday after an early move higher fizzled. Bulls were undermined by last week’s bearish storage injection still looming large, as well as another production record Monday and weather models’ fickle hot-and-cool wavering about next week’s cold. At A Glance: December contract sheds 3.6 cents January contract settles…

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace that operates New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) Henry Hub natural gas futures, said its new micro trading platform for gas got off to a strong start this month. Micro Henry Hub futures launched Nov. 6 and, in the initial days, surpassed 50,000 contracts. These are one-tenth the size of the…

As updated forecasts showed cold building for the eastern Lower 48 into the last week of November, natural gas futures advanced in early trading Wednesday. Coming off an up-and-down start to the week, the December Nymex contract was up 7.1 cents to $3.177/MMBtu at around 8:41 a.m. ET. Tuesday’s trading saw the front month finish…

Natural gas futures retreated in early trading Tuesday as overnight forecast trends eased back on cold expectations for later this month, though gains from the previous session were largely preserved. The December Nymex contract was down 1.9 cents to $3.178/MMBtu at around 8:47 a.m. ET after rallying 16.4 cents Monday. A mix of overnight forecast…