Forward Look

With February only days away, the natural gas market may be closing the book on winter – and brushing off news of Freeport LNG’s impending restart – as forward prices continued to soften through the Jan. 19-25 period, according to NGI’s Forward Look. The past week’s trading patterns continued the trends that have played out…

With mild weather continuing unabated across large swaths of the United States during the Jan. 12-17 period, natural gas forward prices tumbled, according to NGI’s Forward Look. The largest price declines were seen on the West Coast, where a much needed break from the torrential downpours was set to occur. AccuWeather said the pause in…

A divergence in natural gas prices occurred along the forward curve from Jan. 5 through 12, with a relentless stretch of winter weather leading to a recovery in West Coast prices, while springlike conditions on the East Coast sent prices lower there.  February fixed prices ultimately averaged 65.0 cents higher through the period, while the…

Natural gas forward prices continued to plummet during the trading period from Dec. 29-Jan. 4, this time taking West Coast markets along for the ride lower, NGI’s Forward Look showed. After bucking the down trend that began the final week of 2022, West Coast markets led the price declines across the Lower 48 even as…

With constrained markets along the West Coast the notable exception, natural gas forwards tumbled during the Dec. 22-28 trading period as winter upside price risks faded on forecasts showing a mild start to 2023. Fixed prices for February delivery at Henry Hub shed 55.3 cents to end the period at $4.698/MMBtu, and numerous hubs throughout…

Winter volatility saw Western natural gas forward hubs post huge gains during the Dec. 15-21 trading period, while expectations for a very mild start to 2023 drove deep discounts elsewhere in the Lower 48, NGI’s Forward Look data show. With intense Arctic cold diving from the Northwest into the heart of the Lower 48, spot…

Natural gas forward gains were widespread during the Dec. 8-14 period as forecasts showed Arctic chills sweeping through the eastern two-thirds of the Lower 48 heading into the back half of December. Meanwhile, already-elevated western hubs saw prices moderate, according to NGI’s Forward Look. As the market locked onto the coming cold blast and a…

Soaring premiums along the West Coast and deep discounts for the rest of the Lower 48 produced a week of varied price action for regional natural gas forwards during the Dec. 1-7 trading period, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Amid reports of a curtailment in volumes flowing through Gas Transmission Northwest’s (GTN) Kingsgate location along…

Reflecting a spectrum of blue and orange temperature projections on weather maps at this early juncture in the season, natural gas forwards trading was mixed during the Nov. 23-Dec. 1 trading period. Strong gains for western markets countered declines throughout much of the eastern two-thirds of the Lower 48, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Fixed…