US natgas prices settle up over 2% on hot-weather forecasts

Reuters

US natgas prices settle up over 2% on hot-weather forecasts

12. Jul. 2024 um 7:19 nachm. GMT

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Updates prices and market activity to settlement

July 12 (Reuters) -U.S. natural gas futures rose more than 2% on Friday after touching their lowest in close to two-months duringin the session, boostedby forecasts for hotter weather over the next two weeks that should boost air-conditioningdemand.

Front-month gas futures NGc1 for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange settled about 2.7% higher at $2.329 per million British thermal units (mmBtu). During the session, the contract dropped to its lowest since May 13.

"We are trying to rebound on the expectations that the outlook going forward is going to be better," said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group, adding that, because of the potential demand destruction due to the storm Beryl and a bearish weekly inventory report that showed that production and supplies came in the higher than anticipated it's almost amazing that the market is holding up as well.

"On the flip side of that, there are some people that are calling for a return to some hot weather in the coming weeks and that may give the market some support."

Financial firm LSEG estimated 257 cooling degree days (CDDs) over the next two weeks in the Lower 48 U.S. states, slightly higher from the 252 CDDs estimated on Thursday. The normal is 204 CDDs for this time of year.

LSEG forecast average gas demand in the Lower 48, including exports, at 107.1 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) this week, before easing to 106.2 bcfd next week.

LSEG said gas output in the Lower 48 has risen to an average of 102.1 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in July, up from an average of 100.2 bcfd in June and a 17-month low of 99.5 bcfd in May. U.S. output hit a monthly record high of 105.5 bcfd in December 2023.

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Wednesday indicated that utilities added 65 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas into storage during the week ended July 5.

That was more than the 55-bcf build analysts forecast in a Reuters poll and compares with an increase of 57 bcf in the same week last year and a five-year (2019-2023) average rise of 57 bcf for this time of year. EIA/GAS NGAS/POLL

That build boosted the amount of gas in storage to around 19% above normal levels for this time of year.

	Week ended July 5 Actual	Week ended June 28 Actual	Year ago July 5	Five-year average July 5
U.S. weekly natgas storage change (bcf):	+65	+32	+57	+57
U.S. total natgas in storage (bcf):	3,199	3,134	2,915	2,695
U.S. total storage versus 5-year average	18.7%	18.8%


Global Gas Benchmark Futures ($ per mmBtu)	Current Day	Prior Day	This Month Last Year	Prior Year Average 2023	Five-Year Average (2018-2022)
Henry Hub NGc1	2.26	2.31	2.64	2.66	3.60
Title Transfer Facility (TTF) TRNLTTFMc1	10.04	9.92	9.58	13.04	14.39
Japan Korea Marker (JKM) JKMc1	12.37	12.35	11.44	14.39	14.31


LSEG Heating (HDD), Cooling (CDD) and Total (TDD) Degree Days
Two-Week Total Forecast	Current Day	Prior Day	Prior Year	10-Year Norm	30-Year Norm
U.S. GFS HDDs	3	3			3
U.S. GFS CDDs	257	252			204
U.S. GFS TDDs	260	255			207

LSEG U.S. Weekly GFS Supply and Demand Forecasts
	Prior Week	Current Week	Next Week	This Week Last Year	Five-Year (2019-2023) Average For Month
U.S. Supply (bcfd)
U.S. Lower 48 Dry Production	102.1	101.6	101.4	102.1	95.5
U.S. Imports from Canada	8.2	7.8	7.5	N/A	7.8
U.S. LNG Imports	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Total U.S. Supply	110.3	109.4	108.9	N/A	112.5

U.S. Demand (bcfd)
U.S. Exports to Canada	1.4	1.5	1.4	N/A	2.3
U.S. Exports to Mexico	6.8	6.9	6.8	N/A	6.1
U.S. LNG Exports	11.7	11.5	12.4	13.0	8.6
U.S. Commercial	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5
U.S. Residential	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6
U.S. Power Plant	49.7	50.2	48.5	44.5	43.3
U.S. Industrial	21.6	21.7	21.7	21.3	21.3
U.S. Plant Fuel	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	4.9
U.S. Pipe Distribution	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2
U.S. Vehicle Fuel	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Total U.S. Consumption	86.6	87.2	85.6	81.3	79.9
Total U.S. Demand	106.4	107.1	106.2	N/A	96.9

N/A is Not Available


U.S. weekly power generation percent by fuel - EIA
	Week ended Jul 12	Week ended Jul 5	2023	2022	2021
Wind	5	9	10	11	10
Solar	5	6	4	3	3
Hydro	6	6	6	6	7
Other	1	1	2	2	2
Petroleum	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas	48	43	41	38	37
Coal	18	17	17	21	23
Nuclear	17	18	19	19	20

SNL U.S. Natural Gas Next-Day Prices ($ per mmBtu)
Hub	Current Day	Prior Day
Henry Hub NG-W-HH-SNL	2.23	2.40
Transco Z6 New York NG-CG-NY-SNL	1.63	1.80
PG&E Citygate NG-CG-PGE-SNL	3.13	3.40
Eastern Gas (old Dominion South) NG-PCN-APP-SNL	1.47	1.56
Chicago Citygate NG-CG-CH-SNL	1.83	1.84
Algonquin Citygate NG-CG-BS-SNL	1.78	1.92
SoCal Citygate NG-SCL-CGT-SNL	2.59	2.97
Waha Hub NG-WAH-WTX-SNL	0.81	1.55
AECO NG-ASH-ALB-SNL	1.06	0.95

SNL U.S. Power Next-Day Prices ($ per megawatt-hour)
Hub	Current Day	Prior Day
New England EL-PK-NPMS-SNL	46.25	56.00
PJM West EL-PK-PJMW-SNL	49.50	37.75
Ercot North EL-PK-ERTN-SNL	25.25	29.50
Mid C EL-PK-MIDC-SNL	84.00	145.00
Palo Verde EL-PK-PLVD-SNL	80.00	115.50
SP-15 EL-PK-SP15-SNL	63.50	96.75

Reporting by Daksh Grover, Rahul Paswan and Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru; editing by David Evans and DAvid Gregorio

For gas data on LSEG's Eikon type ENERGY in the search bar and then go to the GAS drop down and the NORTH AMERICA drop down.

For Interactive Map, type 'Interactive Map' in the box at upper left of the Eikon terminal

For graphics on Baker Hughes rig counts, see: http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/15/rigcount/index.html

For next-day SNL U.S. gas prices, see: 0#SNL-NG

For next-day SNL U.S. power prices, see: 0#SNL-PWR

For U.S. natgas price and storage polls, see: NGAS/POLL

For U.S. nuclear power outages, see: NUKE/

For U.S. Northwest hydro power report, see: NWRFC

For U.S./Canada natural gas rig count vs Henry Hub futures price, see: http://tmsnrt.rs/2eT9k44

For the U.S. natural gas speed guide, see: USGAS

For the U.S. power speed guide, see: USPOWER

To determine CFTC managed money net position add (NYMEX Henry Hub options and futures combined 3023651MNET) plus (ICE Henry Hub options and futures combined 3023391MNET divided by four) plus (NYMEX Henry Hub swaps options and futures combined 303565BMNET divided by four) plus (NYMEX Henry Hub penultimate gas swaps 303565CMNET divided by four)

NYMEX Henry Hub options and futures combined 0#3CFTC023651

NYMEX Henry Hub futures only 0#1CFTC023651

ICE Henry Hub options and futures combined 0#3CFTC023391

NYMEX Henry Hub swaps options and futures combined 0#3CFTC03565B

NYMEX Henry Hub Penultimate gas swaps 0#3CFTC03565C

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