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US Dips Lower After Rally Yesterday

NATGAS

US Natgas settles back down after yesterday’s rally with Freeport LNG expected return in October.

  • US Natgas SEP 22 down -2.5% at 8.66$/mmbtu
  • Freeport LNG yesterday said they were still receiving small pipeline natgas flows to fuel a power plant. A considerable proportion of the LNG export terminal is expected to come back online in early Oct after the outage of June 8. Deliveries to LNG export terminals have ticked higher in recent days up to 11.4bcf yesterday.
  • EIA data late yesterday showed another build above expectation of 44bcf compared to 39bcf expected. This was also just above the seasonal normal of 36bcf but US stocks are still towards the bottom end of the 5-year range as storage continues to build towards winter.
  • Lower 48 das supply has dipped to around 97bcf/d in recent days but remains strong. Refinitiv data said output so far in Aug is 97.6bcf/d up from a record 96.7bcf/d in July.
  • Dry gas consumption is still high estimated at 73.5bcf yesterday with weather forecasts showing mixed but more normal temperatures in the next couple of weeks.

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