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That price decline came as the market takes a break after collapsing 8% on Monday despite an intraday
price spike in European gas of over 10% after Russian gas giant Gazprom failed to book much pipeline
capacity to send additional fuel to Europe. That means Europe will remain reliant on other sources of gas –
like U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) – to refill dangerously low stockpiles before the winter heating season.
U.S. prices jumped to their highest since 2008 a couple weeks go as competition for U.S. LNG remains strong.
But no matter how high global prices rise, U.S. LNG export plants were already operating near full
capacity and will not be able to produce more LNG until later in the year.
And U.S. gas inventories, unlike those in Europe, were in good shape for the winter with more than enough
fuel available for the upcoming heating season.
Analysts expect U.S. gas inventories will top 3.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) by the start of the winter
In Europe, analysts say stockpiles are about 15% below normal for this time of year.
Front-month gas futures fell 6.1 cents, or 1.2%, to $4.928 per million British thermal units
(mmBtu) at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 GMT), putting the contract on track for its lowest close since Sept. 22.
Data provider Refinitiv said gas output in the U.S. Lower 48 states rose to an average of 92.0 billion
cubic feet per day (bcfd) so far in October, up from 91.1 bcfd in September. That compares with a monthly
record of 95.4 bcfd in November 2019.
Even though the weather is milder than normal, it is still turning seasonally cooler. Refinitiv projected
With gas prices near $31 per mmBtu in Europe and $34 in Asia, versus just around $5
in the United States, traders said buyers around the world will keep purchasing all the LNG the United States
could produce.
Refinitiv said the amount of gas flowing to U.S. LNG export plants averaged 10.4 bcfd so far in October,
the same as in September, but was expected to rise in coming weeks as more liquefaction trains exit
maintenance outages.
But the United States only has capacity to turn about 10.5 bcfd of gas into LNG.
start producing LNG in test mode.
Week ended Week ended Year ago Five-year
Oct 15 Oct 8 Oct 15 average
(Forecast) (Actual) Oct 15
U.S. weekly natgas storage change (bcf): 94 81 49 69
U.S. total natgas in storage (bcf): 3,463 3,369 3,919 3,612
U.S. total storage versus 5-year average -4.1% -4.9%
Global Gas Benchmark Futures ($ per mmBtu) Current Day Prior Day This Month Prior Year Five Year
Last Year Average Average
2020 (2016-2020)
Henry Hub 5.31 4.98 2.84 2.13 2.66
Title Transfer Facility (TTF) 31.44 30.79 4.89 3.24 5.19
Two-Week Total Forecast Current Day Prior Day Prior Year 10-Year 30-Year
Norm Norm
U.S. GFS HDDs 133 134 186 128 173
U.S. GFS CDDs 36 34 39 44 30
U.S. GFS TDDs 169 168 225 172 203
Refinitiv U.S. Weekly GFS Supply and Demand Forecasts
Prior Week Current Week Next Week This Week Five-Year
Last Year Average For
Month
U.S. Supply (bcfd)
U.S. Lower 48 Dry Production 92.2 91.8 92.1 90.0 83.1
U.S. Imports from Canada 7.3 7.4 7.2 6.6 7.5
U.S. LNG Imports 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Total U.S. Supply 99.5 99.2 99.3 96.6 90.7
U.S. Demand (bcfd)
U.S. Exports to Canada 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.0
U.S. Exports to Mexico 5.8 6.0 5.8 6.2 5.0
U.S. Residential 5.0 7.2 9.3 8.1 7.2
U.S. Power Plant 28.8 25.6 25.3 29.1 27.7
U.S. Industrial 20.8 21.3 21.4 22.6 21.6
U.S. Plant Fuel 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
U.S. Pipe Distribution 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7
U.S. Vehicle Fuel 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Total U.S. Consumption 66.4 67.1 69.8 73.3 69.6
Total U.S. Demand 85.2 85.9 88.5 89.9 80.3
SNL U.S. Natural Gas Next-Day Prices ($ per mmBtu)
Hub Current Day Prior Day
Henry Hub 5.01 5.44
Transco Z6 New York 4.47 4.60
PG&E Citygate 6.70 6.82
Dominion South 4.39 4.56
Chicago Citygate 4.82 5.03
Algonquin Citygate 4.87 5.30
SoCal Citygate 6.71 5.66
Waha Hub 4.57 4.86
SNL U.S. Power Next-Day Prices ($ per megawatt-hour)
Hub Current Day Prior Day
New England 59.00 73.50
PJM West 47.25 54.52
Ercot North 43.50 48.50
Mid C 75.25 64.25
Palo Verde 62.75 37.50
SP-15 61.75 50.25
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