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When you only have one main pipeline flowing natural gas from the prolific Marcellus Shale to your region, as does Boston, if that pipe has an outage for any reason, as the Algonquin Gas Transmission (AGT) has had, you're in trouble. AGT declared a force majeure (an unforeseen act of God) on the 26-inch line
Natural gas pricing for both the physically traded and financially traded contracts is an interesting beast. Both the buyers and sellers of natural gas for both physical and financial trades are "encouraged" (but not required) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to report their trades (how
New modern era records continue to be broken. The Henry Hub "front month" NYMEX futures price for natural gas briefly traded over $8/MMBtu yesterday before closing at $7.82/MMBtu (up $0.52 for the day). It certainly looks as if soon, possibly today, the NYMEX price will fly by and close at a price higher than $8/MMBtu.
Yesterday the "front month" price of natural gas trading on the NYMEX Henry Hub closed at $7/MMBtu, the highest NYMEX price in 13.5 years (since Nov. 10, 2008). It was just two days we told you the NYMEX price was making a run for $7, closing at $6.64 on Monday (see NatGas Makes a Run
Traditionally the United States has largely been insulated from conditions (and prices) in other parts of the world that affects prices in our own domestic natural gas markets. At least that's been the case since the miracle of fracking took off and changed energy dynamics roughly 15 years ago. Once upon a time the U.S.