Natural Gas Weekly – November 11, 2021 - Alternative Energy Source

Natural gas report week, November 11, 2021 brought a second consecutive week of considerable price retreats alongside increasing production which has continued keep pace with growing heating demand. As a result, injection season lived to see another week with a 7 Bcf addition to storage. Despite the continued builds, prices have remained volatile.

Why and what might that mean for winter?

Expect Continued Volatility

This is the time of year when colder weather leads to increased demand for winter heating. Typically, at some point in November, demand outpaces production and weekly storage injections turn into withdrawals. As injection season wanes, focus centers on storage totals, specifically total storage levels compared to the five-year average. The greater the disparity between current storage levels and the five-year average, relative to the start of winter heating season, the more likely the market is to climb. Throw in some cold weather and it’s fair to anticipate more price support.

As such, some volatility this time of year, when temperatures roller coaster their way into winter, is to be expected. But the extremes have been a bit more pronounced than what is typical. According to the Wall Street Journal, this week’s price movement was noteworthy, “It was the 14th time over the last 35 trading days that prices moved more than 5% up or down. On Thursday, the price climbed 5.5%. On Tuesday, it was dropped 8.3%.”

While analysts continue to gauge the most likely impact of the forecasted La Nina weather pattern for this winter, they’re keeping an eye on what’s unfolding in Europe where supply shortages have consumers and the market similarly nervous. This has been the subject of our attention of late, as there’s been some skepticism that Russia can/will deliver on their agreement to increase natural gas deliveries to help allay supply concerns. Indeed, this week, Russia has signaled they may default on this promise.

What’s that all mean for prices? Right now, the EIA expects prices to average $5.53 between November and February.

JAN22, settled at $5.245/Dth, down 58.1 cents
FEB22, settled at $5.116/Dth, down 57.6 cents
MAR22, settled at $4.802/Dth down 54.7 cents
APR22, settled at $4.104/Dth down 3.3 cents
MAY22, settled at $4.024/Dth up a penny
JUN22, settled at $4.051/Dth up 1.3 cents

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Natural Gas Market Report – November 11, 2021

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