After an earlier dip, natural gas futures recovered to ultimately close out Wednesday’s session nearly flat as the prospects for more cold in early January appeared to dim. With a sharp increase in liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand and the potential for a much larger-than-normal storage withdrawal, the January Nymex contract settled at $2.677, down…
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Chillier December Outlook Lifts Nymex Natural Gas Again; Cash Up on Double Shot of Cold
Colder trends in latest weather data drive more gains for natural gas futures LNG demand strong, feed gas deliveries stable above 11 Bcf Cold blasts boost cash prices Natural gas futures extended their gains for a fourth consecutive session as weather models continue to tease more cold for the end of the month and into…
Brief Bouts of Cold Not Enough to Stave Off Weekly Natural Gas Cash Price Declines
Like the red showing up across weather maps for December, weekly spot gas prices all ended on the negative side of the ledger during the Dec. 7-11 week. Losses were rather substantial, particularly on the East and West coasts, but also in parts of the Southeast. NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg. tumbled 20.5 cents…
Hear the Winter Outlook for LNG Exports on NGI’s Hub & Flow Podcast — Listen Now
Click here to listen to a new episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast. Senior Editor Jamison Cocklin, who oversees LNG Insight, offers an overview of the factors influencing the liquefied natural gas market as colder weather sets in across the Northern Hemisphere. He also discusses what could be ahead for the global gas market…
More Losses for Natural Gas Winter Prices, but Forwards Stabilize for Summer, Beyond
Weather dominated natural gas forward price action for a third consecutive week, sending prices through the winter lower despite record export demand and cuts to production, according to NGI’s Forward Look. However, losses were less severe than the prior two weeks, and prices stabilized a bit for the summer 2021 strip (April-October) and beyond, with…
EIA Raises 1Q2021 Brent Forecast as OPEC-Plus Set to Curb Production
Citing a recent decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC-plus) to limit production, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday raised its forecast for 1Q2021 Brent crude oil prices to $47/bbl, up $5 from projections issued a month earlier. The new Brent price forecast, published Tuesday in the…
Natural Gas Futures Not Rattled as EIA’s Storage Number Surpasses Consensus
The Energy Information Administration reported an 86 Bcf weekly injection into working U.S. natural gas stocks Thursday that was…
FERC Drops Notification Requirement From 2005 Shell Price Reporting Pact
Shell Energy North America has been relieved of the obligation to notify FERC before it modifies natural gas price reporting procedures that were established as part of a 2005 settlement agreement.
Physical NatGas Prices Left Behind by Exuberant Futures; August Up Another 8 Cents
Next-day natural gas prices were generally lower across a broad front in Wednesday's trading with losses of a few pennies at numerous points offsetting outsized gains at some East and Northeast points. Overall, NGI’s National Spot Gas Average lost 3 cents to $2.61.
NatGas Cash Flat, Futures Ease as Traders Await Heat
Spot prices for Wednesday delivery put in a broad advance across most market points in trading Tuesday. Gains of a nickel to a dime were common west of the Marcellus, and about half of eastern market points slipped into the loss column.