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January NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.834 on Monday, December 20th

By spragueoperati | December 21, 2021 | 0 Comments

Monday, December 20th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.833, fourteen cents above Friday’s closing price of $3.690. Peaking momentarily above $3.920 near 9:20AM, prices hovered […]

Prices fell almost 7% during the trading session and hit their lowest level in three weeks

By spragueoperati | December 21, 2021 | 0 Comments

Recap: Trading in oil futures was volatile on Monday, with prices falling almost 7% during the trading session, hitting their lowest level in three weeks. Surging cases of the Omicron variant […]

January NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.690 on Friday, December 17th

By spragueoperati | December 20, 2021 | 0 Comments

Friday, December 17th  saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.704, six cents below Thursday’s closing price of $3.766. Falling to the intraday low of $3.674 by […]

Omicron variant of COVID creates uncertainty and pushes oil prices lower

By spragueoperati | December 20, 2021 | 0 Comments

Recap:  While demand has been recovering from pandemic lows, the threat of new lockdown measures and travel restrictions due to the omicron variant is hanging over oil markets as supply […]

January NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.766 on Thursday, December 16th

By spragueoperati | December 17, 2021 | 0 Comments

Thursday, December 16th  saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.890, nine cents above Wednesday’s closing price of $3.802.  An overnight shift calling for additional heating degree […]

Oil futures jumped by 2% after upbeat economic outlook from Federal Reserve

By spragueoperati | December 17, 2021 | 0 Comments

Recap:  Oil futures jumped by almost 2% on Thursday, as record U.S. implied demand, falling crude stockpiles and an upbeat economic outlook from the Federal Reserve trumped fears of the […]

January NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.802 on Wednesday, December 15th

By spragueoperati | December 16, 2021 | 0 Comments

Wednesday, December 15th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.871, thirteen cents above Tuesday’s closing price of $3.747. Trading within a four-cent range of $3.880 throughout […]

Data showed a bigger-than-expected weekly draw in U.S. crude oil inventories

By spragueoperati | December 16, 2021 | 0 Comments

Recap: Oil futures turned higher on Wednesday, erasing early losses after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced plans to speed up its reduction of monthly bond purchases and signaled three interest rate […]

January NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.747 on Tuesday, December 14th

By spragueoperati | December 15, 2021 | 0 Comments

Tuesday, December 14th  saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.746, five cents below Monday’s closing price of $3.794. Peaking at an intraday high of $3.803 by […]

The IEA revised down its oil demand outlook by around 100,000 bpd for both 2021 and 2022

By spragueoperati | December 15, 2021 | 0 Comments

Recap: Crude oil futures dipped on Tuesday after the International Energy Agency said the omicron variant of the coronavirus that cause COVID-19 would slow a recovery in demand. The agency […]