September 09, 2024 18:27 GMT
NATGAS: Natural Gas End of Day Summary: Henry Hub Sinks
NATGAS
Henry Hub is losing ground today amid concerns that Tropical Storm Francine could disrupt both power demand and LNG feedgas flows.
- US Natgas OCT 24 down 4.4% at 2.18$/mmbtu
- US Natgas MAR 25 down 1% at 2.91$/mmbtu
- Tropical Storm Francine’s path threatens to impact around 1.4 bcf/d of gas output, according to Bloomberg.
- Funds increased net long positions on seven US Henry Hub contracts in the week to Sept. 3 to halt the net decline seen in the previous few weeks.
- US cooling demand in week to Sep. 14 is forecast to be 8 CDD above normal: Bloomberg/NOAA.
- The NOAA 6–14-day forecast shows above normal temperatures in central and eastern areas.
- US LNG export terminal feedgas flows are near the highest since early June at 13.4bcf/d: Bloomberg.
- US LNG exports to Latam rose 7% in August, Platts said
- Domestic natural gas demand is holding near the lowest since mid-June at 70.8bcf/d today: Bloomberg.
- US domestic natural gas production fell to 101.4bcf/d yesterday: Bloomberg.
- JKM prices fell 5.3% week-on-week to $13.465/MMBtu Sep. 6: Platts.
- Capacity at Australia’s Ichthys LNG has been cut further to enable preventative safety inspections on Train 1.
- Train 2 at Shell’s Curtis LNG facility in Australia resumed operations Sep. 6.
- China boosted underground gas storage, amid early preparations for peak winter demand.
- China’s Sinopec has received its first LNG cargo at its new terminal in southern Guandong.
- Taiwan's LNG imports could rise to about 20m mt in 2024 from 19m mt in 2023, CPC’s VP Jane Liao said.
- ADNOC has agreed a heads of agreement to supply Indian Oil with 1m mtpa of LNG for 15 years.
- Russia’s plan for higher LNG exports depends on loadings from the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 facility, Bloomberg said.
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