Natural Gas Prices

View From Wall Street – U.S. Natural Gas Production Cuts Needed to Salvage 2023 Prices

View From Wall Street – U.S. Natural Gas Production Cuts Needed to Salvage 2023 Prices

Lower natural gas output volumes are needed to reverse suddenly weak prices in 2023, several analysts said in new outlooks. Yet, they also cautioned exploration and production (E&P) firms against scaling back too aggressively because U.S. export demand is poised to surge in coming years. “Prices have been spiraling,” and “there is little upside potential…

March 1, 2023
Natural Gas Futures Bulls Aim to Keep Rally Going as March Forecasts Trend Colder

Natural Gas Futures Bulls Aim to Keep Rally Going as March Forecasts Trend Colder

Natural gas futures traded both sides of even early Wednesday as bulls geared up to try to extend their winning streak, bolstered by forecasts teasing colder weather arriving by the second week of March. After rallying 18.3 cents on Monday and tacking on another 1.6-cents in Tuesday’s session, the April Nymex contract was off 2.4…

March 1, 2023
Late Buying Spree Propels Natural Gas Futures Higher for Fifth Straight Day; Cash Mixed

Late Buying Spree Propels Natural Gas Futures Higher for Fifth Straight Day; Cash Mixed

In a display of technical trading at work, natural gas futures spent the majority of Tuesday’s trading session firmly in the red before a late rally sent the April Nymex gas futures contract 1.6 cents higher day/day to $2.747/MMBtu. May futures tacked on a penny to $2.863. Spot gas traded mostly sideways across the country,…

February 28, 2023
Targa Continues to Build Out Natural Gas Infrastructure, Pursue Acquisitions To Meet Enduring Demand

Targa Continues to Build Out Natural Gas Infrastructure, Pursue Acquisitions To Meet Enduring Demand

Targa Resources Corp. is bullishly pushing forward with expansion projects in the prolific Permian Basin, citing expectations for robust global oil and natural gas demand long term The Houston-based company expects momentum to push through 2023, a year in which global oil demand is projected by the International Energy Agency to grow and foundations are…

February 28, 2023
California Resources Dropping Rigs, Production in 2023 as Independent Realigns Operations

California Resources Dropping Rigs, Production in 2023 as Independent Realigns Operations

California Resources Corp. (CRC) in 2023 is expecting to develop its highest-returning oil and natural gas projects with the permits it has in hand and a 1.5 rig program as it zeroes in on maintenance operations and builds its carbon management business.  “As any focused company should do, we continue to evolve. As we look…

February 28, 2023
Natural Gas Futures Climb Fourth Straight Day as Models Tease More Cold

Natural Gas Futures Climb Fourth Straight Day as Models Tease More Cold

Natural gas futures extended their gains on Monday as weather models continued to show cold over much of the Lower 48 for early to mid-March and Freeport LNG stayed on its path toward full operations. With some nascent technical momentum also in play, the newly prompt April Nymex natural gas contract settled at $2.731/MMBtu, up…

February 28, 2023
What’s Driving California’s Record Natural Gas Prices? – Listen Now to NGI’s Hub & Flow

What’s Driving California’s Record Natural Gas Prices? – Listen Now to NGI’s Hub & Flow

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow in which Senior Price and Markets Editor Leticia Gonzales joins Associate Editor Morgan Evans to discuss the unique natural gas price environment in California this winter.  Gonzales details how high natural gas prices soared in the Golden State, how they compared to…

February 28, 2023
BP to Sell CF Industries 2.2 Bcf of Certified Natural Gas to Decarbonize Ammonia

BP to Sell CF Industries 2.2 Bcf of Certified Natural Gas to Decarbonize Ammonia

BP plc clinched a deal to sell 2.2 Bcf of certified natural gas this year to fertilizer giant CF Industries Holdings Inc. CF, which uses natural gas as feedstock, said the sale of the independently certified natural gas is the first of its kind for use in industrial manufacturing. Financial details of the transaction were…

February 28, 2023
Natural Gas Futures Pull Back Early as Traders Shrug Off Supportive March Temps

Natural Gas Futures Pull Back Early as Traders Shrug Off Supportive March Temps

Natural gas futures pulled back in early trading Tuesday as a more supportive fundamental outlook, including chillier March temperatures, proved insufficient to extend the recent rally.  The April Nymex contract was down 8.6 cents to $2.645/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. The April contract rallied 18.3 cents in Monday’s session as “fundamental support and bullish…

February 28, 2023
Natural Gas Futures, Cash Prices Rise Amid Series of Winter Blasts

Natural Gas Futures, Cash Prices Rise Amid Series of Winter Blasts

Natural gas futures extended their gains on Monday as weather models continued to show cold over much of the Lower 48 for early to mid-March and Freeport LNG stayed on its path toward full operations. With some nascent technical momentum also in play, the newly prompt April Nymex natural gas contract settled at $2.731/MMBtu, up…

February 27, 2023