Forward Look

Natural gas traders couldn’t bear the scorching temperatures any longer, as heat indexes surged above 100 degrees across the United States and boosted forward prices for the July 23-29 period, according to NGI’s Forward Look. With the prospect of improving export demand and lower gas production in the months ahead, prices for the winter and…

In an ominous sign of what may evolve to the end of the year, scorching heat across most of the country failed to spark a rally in natural gas forward prices for the July 16-22 period, according to NGI’s Forward Look. Instead, persistently weak global exports and continued uncertainty over the level of economic recovery…

Coming off a sharp surge from the prior week, natural gas forwards sputtered a bit during the July 9-15 period as spiking coronavirus cases across the United States threatened continued economic and energy demand recovery, according to NGI’s Forward Look. Meanwhile, higher oil prices have incentivized producers to return to the oil patch, resulting in…

Intensifying heat across the United States led a sharp rally for natural gas forward prices at a time when exports remain slow and uncertainty continues over energy demand recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic. Prices for August natural gas jumped 15.0 cents on average during the July 2-8 period, as did the balance of summer (August-October),…

Although natural gas forward prices steadied a bit during the June 18-24 period, the stage was set Thursday for a massive sell-off after the latest government storage data amplified fears of containment this fall. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that inventories for the week ending June 19 rose by a much larger-than-expected 120 Bcf,…

With much of the supply/demand background fairly stable, weak natural gas cash pricing drove a deep dive lower for forward markets during the June 11-17 period, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Double-digit decreases extended across North America through the rest of summer, though smaller losses were seen further out the curve.

With persistent concerns about global exports, cooler-leaning near-term forecasts sent natural gas forward prices down a few notches for the June 4-10 period, according to NGI’s Forward Look.

Natural gas forward prices continued to tread water during the May 28-June 3 period, rising only a few pennies on average across the curve as summer heat started to build across the United States.

With liquefied natural gas (LNG) feed gas volumes sinking to fresh lows and overall demand still lagging amid the coronavirus pandemic, June natural gas forward prices softened for the May 21-27 period, according to NGI’s Forward Look.