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Henry Hub Pulls Back After Rally Yesterday

NATGAS

Henry Hub front month is drifting lower today after ending yesterday unchanged following an early rally to a within day high of nearly 2.6$/mmbtu. Global markets are watching for the impact of disruption to Red Sea traffic as European prices fall back to correct the surge seen yesterday.

    • US Natgas JAN 24 down -2.4% at 2.44$/mmbtu
    • US Natgas JUN 24 down -2.4% at 2.48$/mmbtu
    • US Natgas DEC 24 down -1.3% at 3.49$/mmbtu
  • US natural gas production was yesterday still high at 104.8bcf/d according to Bloomberg and in line with the previous week but below the record levels seen on Dec 8 at 106.47bcf/d. Gas output in the seven US shale basins is forecast to fall by 0.2bcf/d to 99.025bcf/d in Jan while Dec was also revised down from 99.638bcf/d to 99.225bcf/d according to the EIA drilling productivity report. The number of DUCs fell to the lowest on record suggesting producers are aiming to bring production online sooner.
  • Natural gas demand has increased back towards normal to 97.4bcf/d today according to Bloomberg. The weather forecast still shows above normal temperatures for the coming ten days but could dip back towards normal in the last couple of days of December especially in the south.
  • Feedgas supplies to US LNG export terminals are today still near the record highs up at 15.0bcf/d again today according to Bloomberg.
  • Export flows to Mexico are today back up slightly to 5.54bcf/d according to Bloomberg.

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