SoCal Border Avg. Bidweek Natural Gas Price Snapshot
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SoCal Border Avg.
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CALSAVG
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California
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Includes deliveries into the Southern California Gas system via the following pipeline interconnects: 1.) Northern Zone: El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC (EPNG) at Topock, AZ; Transwestern Pipeline Co. at Topock, AZ, and Needles, CA; Kern River Gas Transmission Co. and Mojave Pipeline Co. LLC at Kramer Junction, CA 2.) Southern Zone: (EPNG) at Ehrenberg, AZ, and North Baja at Blythe, CA 3.) Wheeler Ridge Zone: (EPNG) and Mojave at Wheeler Ridge, CA, and deliveries from the Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s system at Kern River Station, CA. NGI’s index does not include any gas sourced from Mexico via Transportadora de Gas Natural at Otay Mesa, CA. Note: (1) NGI began including deliveries at Blythe, CA in this index in October 2018. (2) NGI currently does not list a specific Southern Border, SoCal index in the Daily & Weekly GPI newsletters. This index is only included in the Bidweek Alert and Bidweek Survey. However, please note this price is exactly the same as the SoCal Border Avg. that is published in NGI’s Gas Price Index newsletters.
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.
Natural gas futures seesawed in a narrow range of gains and losses for a second straight session on Wednesday. The prompt month hovered in the red by early afternoon trading as market participants weighed expectations for strong late-August cooling needs and bullish supply trends against expectations for retreating demand in the fall.
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.