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Natural gas futures steady as full LNG demand recovery still unclear Weather outlook turns chillier Cash weak on lackluster demand outside eastern U.S. Natural gas futures struggled to maintain momentum early Friday as traders tried to determine whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) and weather demand would be enough to ward off a toppling of storage…

As traders tried to decipher a “murky” outlook for the timing of restored export volumes out of the Gulf Coast, natural gas futures were down several cents in early trading Monday. The November Nymex contract was off 5.0 cents to $2.723/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. Analysts at EBW Analytics Group attributed heavy selling in…

Strong power burns and recovering export demand boosted spot gas prices for the Oct. 12-16 week. Stout gains were seen across the Lower 48, lifting NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg. 46.5 cents to $1.980. With Hurricane Delta quickly moving out of the Gulf Coast region after making landfall on Oct. 9, temperatures rose back…

Natural gas futures struggled to maintain momentum early Friday as traders tried to determine whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) and weather demand would be enough to ward off a toppling of storage inventories by the end of October.  With an increasingly chillier weather pattern emerging for the end of the month, the November Nymex gas…

Demand for petroleum products mounted early in October, cutting into U.S. inventories of crude and refined products, but a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic across swaths of the Lower 48 and Europe threaten to thwart the trend and weigh down oil prices. Demand for fuel derived from oil was crushed earlier this year by the…

Big rebound for natural gas futures on tight EIA data, cooler weather trends Full LNG demand recovery unclear as barge still submerged in Calcasieu Ship Channel Cash rises as chilly air blankets Midwest, heads toward East Natural gas futures quickly bounced back from the prior day’s nosedive as traders were hopeful Gulf Coast exports would…

Against the backdrop of a tight supply/demand balance, a colder-trending temperature outlook for later this month helped lift natural gas futures several cents in early trading Friday. The November Nymex contract was up 5.1 cents to $2.826/MMBtu at around 8:40 a.m. ET. The latest forecast early Friday from Bespoke Weather Services shifted colder toward the…

Natural gas futures quickly bounced back from the prior day’s nosedive as traders were hopeful Gulf Coast exports would soon resume full operations after a barge sunk near a key export terminal. Buoyed further by the latest government storage data, the November futures contract jumped 13.9 cents to $2.775/MMBtu. December climbed 7.2 cents to $3.261.…

Natural gas forward prices were generally higher during the Oct. 8-14 period, supported by lower production and chilly weather forecasts for some parts of the country later this month. However, the markets also faced some headwinds, namely another setback in the full recovery of Gulf Coast exports and weak demand in key Lower 48 regions.…