Natural gas futures

Natural gas futures continued to surge Thursday as weather models finally started trending cooler and the latest storage data reflected one of the tightest balances all summer. The November Nymex gas futures contract nearly touched $6.000/MMBtu before midday, but ultimately settled at $5.687, up 9.7 cents from Wednesday’s close. December climbed 8.4 cents to $5.837.…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast in which NGI’s Patrick Rau, director of Strategy and Research, breaks down what to expect during the oil and natural gas industry’s 3Q2021 earnings calls, which are taking place during a turbulent and chaotic time. Amid a global energy supply crunch,…

As the natural gas market continued to mull the implications of a lower-than-expected weekly storage build, one that appeared to derive from a temporary drop in renewable generation, futures prices retreated in early trading Friday. After rallying 9.7 cents in the previous session, the November Nymex contract was down 10.4 cents to $5.583/MMBtu at around…

U.S. natural gas forward prices for November stayed in the range between $5.00 and $6.00/MMBtu this week as European and Asian energy markets continued to pressure the global benchmarks. “Despite these prices, natural gas demand is high,” a Mexico City-based gas buyer told NGI’s Mexico GPI. Imports from the United States rose week/week. On Thursday,…

Natural gas futures continued to surge Thursday as weather models finally started trending cooler and the latest storage data reflected one of the tightest balances all summer. The November Nymex gas futures contract nearly touched $6.000/MMBtu before midday, but ultimately settled at $5.687, up 9.7 cents from Wednesday’s close. December climbed 8.4 cents to $5.837.…

Traders struggled to put a fair price on natural gas futures Wednesday amid conflicting signals in the United States and overseas. After plunging to a $5.350/MMBtu intraday low, however, a cooler turn in the latest weather models lifted the November Nymex gas futures contract, which settled 8.5 cents higher day/day to $5.590. December climbed 9.0…

After weeks of surprising to the upside, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) stunned the natural gas market on Thursday with a much lower-than-expected 81 Bcf injection into storage. Although there were concerns of a low-side storage build, the figure came in 3 Bcf below the lowest estimate ahead of the inventory report. The latest EIA…

Natural gas futures rallied sharply early Thursday as analysts pointed to stronger overseas prices and a less bearish domestic weather outlook. The November Nymex contract was up 20.9 cents to $5.799/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. In terms of recent weather model runs, EBW Analytics Group analysts early Thursday observed an additional 8.4 Bcf of…

Following a steep loss to start the week, natural gas futures recovered some ground Tuesday and finished ahead on the day as traders bet that recent market selloffs were overdone. This ended a two-day losing streak dating to last week. At A Glance: Futures end two-day skid Global supply challenges could fester Outlook points to…