North American natural gas prices moderated this week as temperatures remained warm and storage inventories continued to grow. NGI natural gas prices at Monterrey and Los Ramones near the border with Texas dropped below $5.00/MMBtu for the first time in over a month. U.S. futures prices for November and December delivery also dipped in this…
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Natural Gas Futures Up Again After Late Rally; Chilly Blasts Boost Cash
After trading sideways for the better part of Wednesday’s session, natural gas futures surged in the last half hour as the tight global supply backdrop provided bulls the justification for another rally. The November Nymex gas futures contract settled at $5.170/MMBtu, up 8.2 cents on the day. December edged up 9.7 cents to $5.447. At…
Texas Legislators Seek White House Intervention on Mexico Energy Policies
A bipartisan group of Texas legislators has asked the Biden administration to intervene on behalf of U.S. energy companies operating in Mexico amid the latter country’s increasingly nationalistic energy policies. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, along with 18 of the state’s 32 U.S. representatives, signed a letter Tuesday (Oct. 19) to U.S. Ambassador to…
Natural Gas Futures Rebound on Lower Production; Cash Weakness Continues
Coming off a steep decline over the past two trading sessions, natural gas futures attempted to regain some footing on Tuesday. A sharp drop in production aided the rebound, lifting the November Nymex gas futures contract by 9.9 cents to $5.088/MMBtu. December settled at $5.350, up 11.4 cents on the day. Spot gas prices, however,…
Mexico Electric Power Counter Reform Vote Seen Dragging into 2022
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has high hopes of changing the rules of the game in the electric power sector, but his proposal likely won’t be voted on in Congress until early next year as the reform is studied by legislators. The reform, if passed, would modify the constitution to eliminate upstream oil and…
World Natural Gas Market Under ‘Tremendous Pressure’ as Winter Nears
Moving the energy economy to net zero emissions is timely and costly, and the world now faces another dilemma: a natural gas market under “tremendous pressure” ahead of winter, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday. In launching its annual World Energy Outlook (WEO-2021), the global energy watchdog acknowledged that winter 2021/2022 is opening with…
Natural Gas Futures Finish Week Down Sharply as Mild Weather Seen Lingering; Cash Crumbles
Natural gas futures closed the week lower as the latest storage data — the tightest all summer — was seen as a one-off event amid an otherwise bearish backdrop. With the coming two weeks likely to include only a few days of cool weather, the November Nymex gas futures contract fell 22.0 cents to $5.345/MMBtu.…
Column: Mexico’s Counter Reform Threatening to Dismantle Competitive Energy Market
Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. The opinions and positions expressed by Prud’homme do not necessarily reflect the views of NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index. In the midterm…
Natural Gas Futures Briefly Hit Close to $6 on Tight EIA Data, Cooler Outlook; Cash Strengthens
Natural gas futures continued to surge Thursday as weather models finally started trending cooler and the latest storage data reflected one of the tightest balances all summer. The November Nymex gas futures contract nearly touched $6.000/MMBtu before midday, but ultimately settled at $5.687, up 9.7 cents from Wednesday’s close. December climbed 8.4 cents to $5.837.…
Natural Gas Prices Continue Hot Streak as Uncertain Winter Looms – Mexico Spotlight
U.S. natural gas forward prices for November stayed in the range between $5.00 and $6.00/MMBtu this week as European and Asian energy markets continued to pressure the global benchmarks. “Despite these prices, natural gas demand is high,” a Mexico City-based gas buyer told NGI’s Mexico GPI. Imports from the United States rose week/week. On Thursday,…