natural gas production

Natural gas futures reversed early day gains Thursday to fall for a fifth consecutive session after the weekly storage report printed a build that landed at the high end of expectations. The January Nymex natural gas futures contract settled at $2.802/MMBtu, down two-tenths of a cent day/day. February fell six-tenths of a cent to $2.763.…

Interruptions imposed by western wildfires last summer aside, natural gas production in Canada has often averaged around 18 Bcf/d or higher in 2023. That’s roughly 1 Bcf/d more than the 2022 standard, according to Canada Energy Regulator data, and it comes at a time when demand has largely held flat amid mild weather. The result:…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday reported an injection of 10 Bcf of natural gas into storage for the week ended Nov. 24. The result landed above expectations and sent Nymex natural gas futures lower. Ahead of the 10:30 a.m. ET report, December Nymex futures were trading up a penny at $2.814/MMBtu. After…

The January natural gas futures contract stumbled out of the gate on its first day as the front-month Wednesday, tripped up by stubbornly warm forecasts for early December and bears sticking to their oversupply views a day before the government’s weekly storage report. At A Glance: January Nymex falls 3.3 cents Spot prices fall ahead…

Arc Resources Ltd., one of Canada’s largest natural gas producers, said Wednesday it would send more volumes to Cheniere Energy Inc. for liquefaction and delivery to Europe. Under a gas supply agreement (GSA) signed with Cheniere, Calgary-based Arc said it would send 140,000 MMBtu/d to the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage 5 project in Louisiana for…

The combination of relatively soft weather-driven demand and record production put the U.S. natural gas market on a path to price-pressuring oversupply well into 2024, a growing chorus of analysts cautioned in November. “We are bearish on U.S. natural gas,” Goldman Sachs Group’s Samantha Dart said bluntly. First things first: U.S. production reached record levels…

Natural gas futures moved lower ahead of the December contract rolling off at the end of trading Tuesday, weighed down by weather forecasts doubling down on a bearishly warm early December and gas production holding near all-time highs. At A Glance: December Nymex rolls off NGI’s National Avg up to $3.745 Southeast leads cash gains…

The Canadian oil and natural gas well count – chiefly in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan – will rise to 6,229 in 2024 from 5,748 this year, according to an annual fall forecast by the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC). “A continuation of capital discipline within energy producers will create a ceiling on potential…

Counter to rig count trends over much of 2023, natural gas production in the Haynesville Shale proved robust through the first half of November and could continue to help drive strong overall output, according to East Daley Analytics.  Pipeline flows in Louisiana and East Texas averaged 13.2 Bcf/d through Nov. 16, marking a 300 MMcf/d…