Propelled by a tropical depression swirling in the Bay ofCampeche and concerns of yet another bullish storage report,natural gas futures spiraled higher yesterday as traders coveredshort positions. That buying interest pushed the September contractto $2.805 — the highest mark for a spot month contract sinceDecember of 1997 — before settling at $2.792 for the session.
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Futures Filter Lower in Quiet Session
For bull traders yesterday’s natural gas futures session was acase of “no news is bad news” as prices chopped lower in a raresub-50,000 volume session. As usually is the case the promptmonth-September-took the biggest hit, slipping 4.5 cents to finishat an even $2.70.
August 17, 1999
Spot Gas Market Wellhead Price
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August 16, 1999
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August 16, 1999
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August 16, 1999
Late Rebound Puts Bulls Back at Helm
Despite a round of midday profit taking, the natural gas futuresmarket was able to eke out a modest advance amid continued see-sawtrading activity yesterday. The September contract led all othermonths, posting a 1.9-cent gain en route to a $2.727 close.Estimated volume was robust with 86,261 contracts changing hands.
August 13, 1999
El Paso Agrees to $32 Million Payout to Protect Settlement
El Paso Natural Gas has agreed to pay Southern California Edison$32 million and make other concessions to prevent its hard-fought1996 rate settlement from collapsing like a house of cards. Thedeal ends four years of litigation by Edison, which tried to derailthe settlement from the very start.
August 13, 1999
Technical Selling No Match for Bullish Storage
The price tug of war continued yesterday in the natural gas pitat Nymex, but in contrast to the previous seven sessions, bearswere victorious Wednesday as commercial sellers were too much forlocal buyers. After it was apparent the highs for the day had beenset, locals quickly changed their colors and were seen adding tothe selling pressure in a round of afternoon profit-taking. TheSeptember contract slid sharply at the close, settling down 4.4cents at $2.704.
August 12, 1999
GNGS Pulls Neck and Neck with Scana
Georgia Natural Gas Services (GNGS) has equaled or even may haveovertaken Scana as Georgia’s leading marketer in terms of pipelinecapacity share, a GNGS executive said on Monday. With 30% of thepipeline capacity, GNGS is in line to be assigned another 120,000customers when the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC)determines random assignment tomorrow.
August 10, 1999
FERC’s Jagtiani to Head Up NGSA’s Regulatory Affairs
The Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) wasted little time inpicking successors to fill positions that were left vacant by thesudden departures of two staff members.
August 10, 1999
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