Natural Gas Prices

Natural gas futures slipped further into the red on Thursday despite the potential for cold weather to return to the Lower 48 within the next couple of weeks. With mixed messages in the latest storage data, and Freeport LNG not yet back online, the March Nymex gas futures contract settled at $2.456/MMBtu, down 1.2 cents…

Value continued to erode in regional natural gas forwards markets during the Jan. 26-Feb. 1 trading period as forecasts showed this month was poised to carry over the same warm-dominated themes that have collapsed prices winter-to-date. March fixed prices at benchmark Henry Hub sank 44.7 cents to end the period at $2.473/MMBtu, and regional hubs…

North American natural gas trading has been hijacked by bears, with prices moving lower this week on the back of a healthy supply and storage outlook. The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) futures contract for March is hovering around $2.500/MMBtu, its lowest point in almost two years. Last Friday (Jan. 27), the February Nymex natural…

Despite softening natural gas and oil prices at the end of last year, ConocoPhillips expects stronger prices through 2023, sustaining multi-billion dollar investments planned for major LNG projects. In a fourth-quarter earnings call hosted Thursday, CEO Ryan Lance said the Houston independent planned to remain focused on capital returns this year. However, the company’s expectations…

Natural gas futures failed to sustain momentum, sliding midweek as traders brushed off what are likely to be temporary declines in production related to freeze-offs and instead focused on a quick warm-up expected this weekend. The March Nymex contract settled Wednesday at $2.468/MMBtu, down 21.6 cents from Tuesday’s close. At A Glance: BREAKING: U.S. EIA…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said 151 Bcf was withdrawn from natural gas inventories for the week ending Jan. 27, coming in on the high side of estimates ahead of the weekly report. Notably, however, the latest government data included a revision from the previous week’s report, which reflected slightly higher levels of storage.…

Natural gas futures pared their losses early Thursday as traders prepared to digest the latest round of government inventory data, expected to reveal another lighter-than-average withdrawal to further pad the storage cushion. Coming off a 21.6-cent slide in the previous session, the March Nymex contract was up 2.6 cents to $2.494/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m.…

Natural gas futures failed to sustain momentum, sliding midweek as traders brushed off what are likely to be temporary declines in production related to freeze-offs and instead focused on a quick warm-up expected this weekend. The March Nymex contract settled Wednesday at $2.468/MMBtu, down 21.6 cents from Tuesday’s close. Spot gas prices were mostly lower,…

Natural gas prices nosedived in February bidweek trading under the pressure of enduring benign weather, light heating demand and robust production. NGI’s February Bidweek National Avg. sunk $8.290 month/month to $5.430/MMBtu. That compared with the $6.785 average for the year-earlier period. Prices dropped across the Lower 48 during the Jan. 25-27 bidweek trade, with natural…