Updated Aug 22, 2024
8/22/24
By Chris Newman
onNatural gas futures rose for a third day on Thursday after a relatively lean government storage build signaled production levels might be running lower than expected.
Chris Newman joined NGI in October 2023. He worked 18 years at Argus Media, starting in 2004 in Washington, D.C., where he covered U.S. thermal/coking coal markets and rail transportation. In 2014, he moved to Singapore to help lead Argus’ coverage of steel and its raw material feedstocks. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Chris returned to his native Virginia in 2021.
North America is swimming in natural gas and global demand still lags, but within a few months, opportunities are expected to open up as Gulf Coast and Western Canada exports expand and storage levels decline.
With mixed weather patterns and a government inventory update only hours away, natural gas futures traded lower early Thursday.
Unable to gain traction, September Nymex natural gas futures saw early Wednesday gains ebbed away in favor of modest losses as tides were turning on fundamentals with lingering weather support expected to drift away into the fall shoulder season.
Permian Basin benchmark Waha cash prices, mired in a protracted slump amid limited natural gas takeaway capacity and a supply glut, may see the summer come and go without relief. But a massive new pipeline is slated to enter service this fall, promising to free up an abundance of associated gas and ease pricing pressure.
Natural gas futures traded in a narrow band early Wednesday as traders contemplated favorable late-summer fundamentals alongside the specter of fall weather and the inevitable swoon in cooling demand that it delivers.
September Nymex natural gas futures’ early attempt to extend a rally into Tuesday’s session failed amid expectations for demand weakness as weather outlooks pointed to increasingly mild conditions across major natural gas-consuming regions.
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