Natural gas futures

Buckling under the weight of one triple-digit shoulder season storage injection after another, natural gas forwards sold off sharply during the Oct. 13-19 trading period, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Regional forwards price action from coast to coast reflected a market reconsidering the extent of winter upside risks in light of a rapidly shrinking inventory…

Stubbornly robust U.S. natural gas production and warmer weather has meant that storage inventories in the United States are filling up fast. In the South Central region north of Mexico, natural gas storage inventories are almost back to within five-year average levels. On Thursday, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data showed that the South Central…

Natural gas bears extended their streak to four on Wednesday, slashing futures prices even further amid renewed disagreement in the models regarding a late-October weather system as well as lofty production. The November Nymex gas futures contract settled at $5.462/MMBtu, down 28.3 cents on the day. Notably, steep double-digit losses extended through all of 2023.…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported an injection of 111 Bcf natural gas into storage for the week ended Oct. 14. The result marked the fifth consecutive triple-digit increase and continued an autumn trend of narrowing deficits to historic averages. The build easily surpassed the 73 Bcf five-year average injection and the year-earlier increase…

Natural gas bears extended their streak to four on Wednesday, slashing futures prices even further amid renewed disagreement in the models regarding a late-October weather system as well as lofty production. The November Nymex gas futures contract settled at $5.462/MMBtu, down 28.3 cents on the day. Notably, steep double-digit losses extended through all of 2023.…

In another stunning move, natural gas futures plummeted further on Tuesday as the current cold snap hitting the Lower 48 – expected to dissipate by week’s end – appears to be falling short in drumming up demand.  Traders also brushed off a huge decline in natural gas production given most of it was tied to…

Forecasts for dramatic warm-up after this week’s snowy, chilly week sent natural gas futures prices tumbling on Monday. The November Nymex gas futures contract plummeted 45.4 cents to $5.999/MMBtu, while December futures dropped 34.8 cents to $6.479. At A Glance: Forecasts point to warm late October U.S. production back above 100 Bcf/d Cold temps seen…

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Given a bearish temperature outlook through the end of October, and against a backdrop of a fast-shrinking inventory deficit, natural gas futures continued to stumble in early trading Tuesday. Coming off a 45.4-cent sell-off in the previous session, the November Nymex contract was down another 2.7 cents to $5.972/MMBtu at around 8:40 a.m. ET. December…