Natural Gas Market Update

Over the past 12 months, natural gas prices have fallen 52%. Looking ahead, the graphs below each look at natural gas prices in the futures market starting at two different points in time: June 24, 2014 and January 5, 2015. The first graph extends two years into the future and the second graph five years.…

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Natural Gas Market Update

The above graph looks at natural gas prices going back to January 1997. Natural gas prices have retreated from the Polar Vortex bump and remain relatively low by historical standards. The prices plotted above are not adjusted for inflation. If they were in 2014 dollars, the left side of the curve would be more elevated.…

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Market Update, November 6, 2013

For buyers, pricing in the wholesale natural gas market is attractive. The graph below shows natural gas prices over the past ten years. While we are not at the absolute low, we are near the bottom. The next graph shows the 24 month forward curve for natural gas. The line is upward sloping, meaning the…

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