US natgas slips over 1% in volatile trade on less cooling demand
By Rahul Paswan
Sept 18 (Reuters) -U.S. natural gas futures fell more than 1% on Wednesday in a volatile trading, on fewerwarmer-than-normal weather forecasts than previously expected, even as production was slow to ramp up to match demandafter Hurricane Francine.
Front-month gas futures NGc1 for October delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 2.7 cents or 1.2% to $2.30 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) by 11:02 a.m. EDT (1502 GMT).
"Production hasn't been rising compared with demand estimate and weather models have added some degree days, indicating that we should see some higher demand. We had Hurricane Francine limit some of the LNG exports and brought some cooler weather through but now that seems to have worked through the majority of the country. We've seen LNG pop back up and power burns are stronger," said Robert DiDona of Energy Ventures Analysis.
About 10% of gas outputin the U.S. Gulf of Mexico remained offline in the aftermath of Francine, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said on Tuesday. The storm which hit the Gulf last week had shut in about half of the region's gas production.
Financial firm LSEG estimated 132 cooling degree days (CDDs) over the next two weeks, lower than Tuesday's 134 CDDs. The normal for this time of year is 91 CDDs. Cooling degree days, used to estimate demand to cool homes and businesses, measure the number of degrees a day's average temperature is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18 degrees Celsius).
LSEG forecast average gas demand in the Lower 48, including exports, to rise from 100.1 billion cubic feet per daythis week to 100.5 bcfd next week. LSEG forecast average gas supply in the Lower 48, including exports, at 101.8 bcfd, down from 101.9 bcfd on Tuesday.
LSEG said gas output in the Lower 48 U.S. states slid to an average of 102.1 bcfd so far in September, down from 103.2 bcfd in August.
Meanwhile, fracking, a major industry in battleground state Pennsylvania, became a big issue in the presidential campaign. Industry executives said earlier that Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris understands natural gas prices will rise if fracking is banned. Fracking is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock.
"Market participants in general believe that fracking will be part of our future but if that's removed, then there's significant upside to prices because the cost of extracting gas and the efficiency that we've grown accustomed to would go away," Energy Ventures' DiDona said.
Elsewhere, Japan's import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia jumped by 49% in August to 590,000 metric tons and supplies from the U.S. were down by 41% to 380,000 tons, year-on-year, preliminary customs data showed.
Dutch and British wholesale gas prices were mostly down on Wednesday morning amid stable supply. NG/EU
Week ended Sep 13 | Week ended Sep 6 | Year ago Sep 13 | Five-year average Sep 13 | ||
U.S. weekly natgas storage change (bcf): | 62 | +40 | +62 | +80 | |
U.S. total natgas in storage (bcf): | 3,449 | 3,387 | 3,251 | 3,171 | |
U.S. total storage versus 5-year average | 8.8% | 9.6% | |||
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 | 2.34 | 2.42 | 2.70 | 2.66 | 3.60 |
Title Transfer Facility (TTF) TRNLTTFMc1 | 10.21 | 11.32 | 11.44 | 13.04 | 14.39 |
Japan Korea Marker (JKM) JKMc1 | 13.3 | 13.13 | 13.92 | 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 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 55 |
U.S. GFS CDDs | 132 | 134 | 133 | 126 | 91 |
U.S. GFS TDDs | 151 | 153 | 144 | 143 | 146 |
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 | 101.8 | 102.2 | 103.5 | 96.5 |
U.S. Imports from Canada | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | N/A | 7.1 |
U.S. LNG Imports | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total U.S. Supply | 110.1 | 109.8 | 110.2 | N/A | 103.6 |
U.S. Demand (bcfd) | |||||
U.S. Exports to Canada | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | N/A | 2.3 |
U.S. Exports to Mexico | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | N/A | 6.0 |
U.S. LNG Exports | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 8.2 |
U.S. Commercial | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
U.S. Residential | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
U.S. Power Plant | 39.4 | 40.1 | 39.9 | 42.1 | 36.0 |
U.S. Industrial | 21.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.7 |
U.S. Plant Fuel | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
U.S. Pipe Distribution | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
U.S. Vehicle Fuel | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Total U.S. Consumption | 77.4 | 77.9 | 77.8 | 79.4 | 80.0 |
Total U.S. Demand | 99.6 | 100.1 | 100.5 | N/A | 90.4 |
N/A is Not Available | |||||
U.S. Northwest River Forecast Center (NWRFC) at The Dalles Dam | Current Day % of Normal Forecast | Prior Day % of Normal Forecast | 2023 % of Normal Actual | 2022 % of Normal Actual | 2021 % of Normal Actual |
Apr-Sep | 74 | 74 | 83 | 107 | 81 |
Jan-Jul | 76 | 76 | 77 | 102 | 79 |
Oct-Sep | 78 | 77 | 76 | 103 | 81 |
U.S. weekly power generation percent by fuel - EIA | |||||
Week ended Sep 20 | Week ended Sep 13 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
Wind | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Solar | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Hydro | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Petroleum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural Gas | 45 | 46 | 41 | 38 | 37 |
Coal | 16 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 23 |
Nuclear | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
SNL U.S. Natural Gas Next-Day Prices ($ per mmBtu) | |||||
Hub | Current Day | Prior Day | |||
Henry Hub NG-W-HH-SNL | 2.33 | 2.23 | |||
Transco Z6 New York NG-CG-NY-SNL | 1.82 | 1.86 | |||
PG&E Citygate NG-CG-PGE-SNL | 2.24 | 2.39 | |||
Eastern Gas (old Dominion South) NG-PCN-APP-SNL | 1.75 | 1.73 | |||
Chicago Citygate NG-CG-CH-SNL | 2.08 | 1.95 | |||
Algonquin Citygate NG-CG-BS-SNL | 2.2 | 2.04 | |||
SoCal Citygate NG-SCL-CGT-SNL | 1.82 | 1.63 | |||
Waha Hub NG-WAH-WTX-SNL | 1.12 | 0.89 | |||
AECO NG-ASH-ALB-SNL | 0.45 | 0.41 | |||
SNL U.S. Power Next-Day Prices ($ per megawatt-hour) | |||||
Hub | Current Day | Prior Day | |||
New England EL-PK-NPMS-SNL | 37.75 | 35 | |||
PJM West EL-PK-PJMW-SNL | 39.5 | 38 | |||
Ercot North EL-PK-ERTN-SNL | 24.25 | 25 | |||
Mid C EL-PK-MIDC-SNL | 41 | 30.5 | |||
Palo Verde EL-PK-PLVD-SNL | 19.25 | 9.5 | |||
SP-15 EL-PK-SP15-SNL | 17.5 | 15.5 |
Reporting by Rahul Paswan in Bengaluru; Editing by Louise Heavens and Marguerita Choy
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