EIA PROJECTS ABOVE $8.00 PER MMBTU FOR THE 2ND HALF OF 2022 PRICES WILL HURT UNTIL SPRING 2023. The EIA is projecting that average pricing will be $7.83 in 2Q 2022 and will average $8.59 in the second half of 2022 Pricing in 2023 will average $4.74 once production begins to catch up to demand.…
View detailsNatural Gas: STORAGE WORRIES FOR NEXT WINTER CONTINUE TO INFLATE MARKET SOME RELIEF MAY BE ON THE WAY. Worries about Natural Gas Storage for Winter ‘22-’23 sent the market peaking above $9.00 last week, ever closer to a record high of $15.78 in December 2005 and the highest since 2008. The outlook does not look…
View detailsWeather: AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT AS THE AVERAGE TEMP RISES. We can look forward to milder weather, with the last of the sub-freezing cold fronts hopefully past. Unfortunately, the late start to warmer temperatures has kept heating demand high, adding to our supply woes that are the worst since at least 2018. WHAT GOES UP MUST…
View detailsWHAT GOES UP, MUST COME DOWN …AT LEAST TEMPORARILY PROFIT-TAKING DROPPED THE MARKET BY ALMOST $1.50 LAST WEEK. After climbing more than a dollar the previous week, the market reversed course, dropping from $8.07 to $6.59 this past week.The drop-off was caused mainly by investors selling off and taking profits after a near-record run of…
View detailsEnergy News: E.U. Recommends Russian Ban The E.U. recommends a complete oil, gas, and coal ban on Russian energy. This recommendation carries no official weight, and, so far, only Russian coal has been sanctioned. But this recommendation is another step closer to Europe banning all Russian energy over the Ukraine invasion. The U.S. will have…
View detailsHIGH POPULATION CITIES SHOULD SEE LOWER DEMAND Milder weather is projected for mid-April, but we may still see a withdrawal this week of 25-35 Bcf. This late cold snap is hurting our chances to rebuild gas storage for the upcoming winter, which may make for an even worse market than we had this past winter.…
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NATURAL GAS SNAPSHOT: MARKET IN A WATCH, WAIT AND SEE MODE Milder forecasts and higher European pandemic numbers, offset by higher-than-expected withdrawal, kept the market mostly waiting and seeing. We are close to a typical shoulder month in April. A shoulder month is a month typically low demand. Warm enough to turn off the heaters,…
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