Weekly natural gas cash prices were mixed during the week as some regions were supported by cold weather-driven demand, offset by widening storage surpluses and Freeport LNG’s plans to take two trains offline.  

NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg. for the March 18-22 trading period gained 13.0 cents/MMBtu to $1.355. West Texas hub values mostly wallowed in the negative amid a storage glut, and Northeast prices climbed.

Among the top gainers, Algonquin Citygate added 56.5 cents to $1.925 as winter reasserted itself in early spring.  

Texas hub values attempted to rally midweek, but ultimately the efforts to pull out of negative territory failed, and most hubs finished the week languishing in the red. Waha slid 31.5 cents to minus 54.5 cents, while El Paso Permian caved...