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Natural gas futures on Wednesday gained ground for the first time in five sessions as global supply doubts personified by Russia’s president and his threat of launching nuclear weapons overshadowed fading demand. At A Glance: BREAKING: U.S. EIA reports 103 Bcf injection into storage Putin makes nuclear threat Forecasts call for cooler weather The October…

Top North American natural gas marketers reported stronger overall sales volumes for the second quarter as production gathered momentum in response to strong consumption and prices. A multitude of enduring demand drivers could fuel momentum through this year and into next, marketers and traders say. The 24 gas marketers included in the latest NGI Top…

Natural gas futures gave up more ground Tuesday despite a bout of near-term heat and a drop in production, extending to four days a string of consecutive losses. The October Nymex gas futures contract shed 3.5 cents day/day and settled at $7.717/MMBtu. November fell 3.2 cents to $7.772. NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg. on Tuesday…

Coming off a 56.0-cent sell-off to close out last week’s trading, natural gas futures on Monday shrugged off recent bearish developments and reversed course, trading in positive territory most of the day. Still, futures lost momentum late, despite seasonally stout cooling demand forecast for this week, and the October Nymex gas futures contract settled at…

Mexico may have missed a chance to shore up the finances of its heavily indebted state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), according to credit ratings analysts at Fitch Ratings Inc. “Elevated oil prices in 2022 were a lost opportunity to materially improve” Pemex’s standalone credit profile or SCP, said Fitch analysts Saverio Minervini and Carlos…

Natural gas futures floundered a second consecutive day on Friday as markets continued to digest a bearish storage report, looming fall weather and an averted railroad strike that could have snarled supply chains and wreaked havoc across the U.S. economy. The October Nymex natural gas futures contract settled at $7.764/MMBtu, down 56.0 cents day/day. A…

Natural gas futures floundered a second consecutive day on Friday as markets continued to digest a bearish storage report, looming fall weather and an averted railroad strike that could have snarled supply chains and wreaked havoc across the U.S. economy. The October Nymex natural gas futures contract settled at $7.764/MMBtu, down 56.0 cents day/day. A…

Natural gas futures snapped a five-day rally and plunged in Thursday trading. The October Nymex gas futures contract fell 79.0 cents day/day and settled at $8.324/MMBtu after officials said a railway strike had been avoided and the latest government inventory report proved bearish. The prompt month had jumped 83.0 cents on Wednesday, the biggest gain…

The October Nymex natural gas futures contract spiked 83.0 cents day/day on Wednesday to surge above $9.00/MMBtu. It then plummeted back to earth on Thursday as rumors of a potential railway workers strike faded in the United States. The news “that a strike has likely been averted triggered the start of selling early this morning,…