Markets

BG Group Alum Positioning New Company for Volatility's Comeback

Former BG Group plc executive Martin Houston's newly launched Parallax Energy is developing mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets; putting together a gas marketing and trading shop; and, through an affiliate company, will be hunting for value in the U.S. shale patch. Houston told NGI he's getting ready for the price volatility to come. Read More

Analysts See Equal Up/Down Risk, Yet November NatGas Called 4 Cents Lower

November natural gas is set to open 4 cents lower Friday morning at $3.58 as traders note little change in mild weather forecasts and increased production is expected to make up for an expected storage deficit relative to last year. Overnight oil markets retreated. Read More

NatGas Cash Takes Double-Digit Drubbing; Futures Clock 11-Month Low

Futures prices may have taken a hit from an uninspired weekly Energy Information Administration storage report Thursday, while physical market trading for Friday delivery took no prisoners and left only a handful of points in the plus column. Read More

Futures Inch Higher in Lackluster Response to Lean Storage Build

Natural gas futures got something of a lift off the Thursday morning release of government storage figures that were less than what traders were expecting. Read More

Plump Storage Build On Tap; November Called 4 Cents Lower

November natural gas is set to open 4 cents lower Thursday morning at $3.62 as traders anticipate a government report showing another round of above-average storage builds and the market puts in a new low overnight. Petroleum markets rose in overnight trading. Read More

Mid-Atlantic Gains Balance New England Losses; Futures Slide Ahead Of Storage Stats

Next-day prices for physical gas traded Wednesday moved little as hefty losses in New England were largely balanced by gains in the Mid-Atlantic, Marcellus, and Gulf. Great Lakes and Rockies prices were mostly mixed, but California locations were higher. Read More

Arizona Eyes Robust Winter Gas Supplies, Warmer Weather

Arizona regulators said Tuesday in an annual conference with major suppliers and distributors in Phoenix that the state has robust natural gas supplies... Read More

Analyst Viewing Deficit Turning to Surplus; November Seen 3 Cents Lower

November natural gas is set to open 3 cents lower Wednesday morning at $3.68 as weather forecasts remain stubbornly locked in moderate mode and the technical environment continues to deteriorate. Overnight oil markets rose. Read More

Marcellus, Mid-Atlantic Gains Outgunned by Broad Declines; Futures Limp Higher

Next-day physical prices were mixed in Tuesday's trading, with gains in the Marcellus and Mid-Atlantic unable to offset losses in New England, the Gulf Coast, Midcontinent, Rockies and California. At the end of the trading day, the national average was unchanged. Read More

Futures Struggle Off 11-Month Lows; November Called a Penny Lower

November natural gas is set to open a penny lower Tuesday morning at $3.66 as the market attempts to swallow the latest round of moderating weather forecasts and the possibility of an extended storage injection season. Overnight oil markets rose. Read More