Jodi Shafto joined NGI as a Senior Natural Gas Reporter in October 2023. Before that, she was a business news reporter for South Carolina's largest daily newspaper, The Post and Courier, and was a Senior Energy Markets Reporter at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Based out of Charleston, Jodi has covered US energy markets since 2005 as a reporter, editor and analyst. A New Jersey native, she holds a BS in Journalism from Bowling Green State University.
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Technicals Point to Oversold Natural Gas Futures Ready for Upside
Technical market indicators suggest a bottom could be near for the newly anointed prompt-month June futures contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex). June futures settled down 6.3 cents at $1.923/MMBtu on Friday (April 26). On Monday, the contract’s first day in the lead position, losses were reversed as June increased 10.7 cents to…
April 30, 2024
May Natural Gas Bidweek Ends with Whimper; Demand Too Weak to Trim Robust Supply
With mild weather on tap and natural gas supply remaining stubbornly high, baseload natural gas prices for May stayed depressed on Friday (April 26), the third day of bidweek trading, according to NGI’s Bidweek Alert (BWA). Activity trickled lower on the last day of bidweek trade for May baseload flows, with the Midwest and Midcontinent…
April 29, 2024
May Natural Gas Bidweek Prices Depressed on Second Day of Trade
As bidweek continued into a second day Thursday (April 25), baseload prices maintained the weak tenor established in Wednesday’s opener, according to NGI’s Bidweek Alert (BWA). Deal volumes were predominantly lower from Wednesday levels. Bidweek trading concludes on Friday. Leading on volume, Dawn in the Midwest saw 249,000 MMBtu/d in total volumes traded in 64…
April 26, 2024
Mild Weather and Supply Woes Weigh on May Natural Gas Bidweek Prices
Baseload natural gas prices were trending lower for May delivery as mild weather and a glut of supply in Texas kept bidders from rushing to buy on the first day of bidweek trading Wednesday (April 24), according to NGI’s Bidweek Alert (BWA). In West Texas, Waha traded at fixed prices between negative 44.0 cents and…
April 25, 2024
Premium Too High for Customers Requesting Renewable Fuels, Natural Gas Suppliers Say
Natural gas end users are increasingly focused on sustainability and have shown a keen interest in the availability of low carbon fuel options. Still, the question often arises – are they willing to pay a premium? At the recent LDC Gas Forums Southeast in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, executives of local distribution companies and natural…
April 25, 2024
Planning Said Essential for Natural Gas Utilities Lacking Pipeline Capacity to Move Supply to Market
In a natural gas market where abundant supplies and a lack of demand have depressed prices, the scarcity of pipeline capacity has added to the complexity for buyers who must ensure daily deliverability to customers, a panel of executives said recently. “When you talk about supply and demand in pricing, I have been in the…
April 23, 2024
West Texas Clawing Back as Volatile Week Ends with Natural Gas Prices Still Lower; Futures Slip
Struggles defined the weekly natural gas cash market as prices bounced between gains and losses amid seasonal factors including fickle weather and maintenance activity. NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg. for the April 15-19 period ultimately lost 7.5 cents to $1.135/MMBtu. Meanwhile, the May Nymex futures contract jumped early in the week after reports of…
April 19, 2024
Hurricane Season Said to Potentially Test ‘Operational Limits’ of Natural Gas Storage, Infrastructure
Foreseeable risks from swelling natural gas inventories and an active hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin could bring more volatility to commodity prices in the coming months, a market expert said this week at an industry conference. The looming threat of hurricanes, which forecasters are predicting to be more frequent this season, will be “an…
April 19, 2024
Natural Gas Futures Prices Seeking Support to Break from ‘Horizontal Channel’
Prompt-month natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) neared $2.00/MMBtu last week but failed to push beyond a $1.943 Wednesday intraday high. With technical and fundamental support lacking, the front month headed lower on Monday, slipping 7.9 cents to settle at $1.691, and was trading marginally flat Tuesday morning. “The May Nymex…
April 16, 2024
DeLa Express Joins Rush to Add Permian Natural Gas Takeaway Capacity
DeLa Express LLC is seeking to construct a 2 Bcf/d interstate pipeline to help ease the glut of natural gas trapped in the Permian Basin. The independent energy infrastructure company, an affiliate of Houston-based Moss Lake Partners LP, in early April asked FERC to begin the prefiling review for a 42-inch diameter, 690-mile pipeline. The…
April 15, 2024