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Louisiana Light • 2 days | 87.12 | +0.03 | +0.03% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 88.87 | +0.67 | +0.76% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 86.51 | -1.01 | -1.15% | ||
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Mars US • 173 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 13 mins | 2.722 | -0.004 | -0.14% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 88.87 | +0.67 | +0.76% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 89.45 | +0.81 | +0.91% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 86.51 | -1.01 | -1.15% |
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Peace Sour • 6 hours | 76.56 | +1.46 | +1.94% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 6 hours | 79.61 | +1.46 | +1.87% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 6 hours | 86.56 | +1.46 | +1.72% | ||
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Central Alberta • 6 hours | 76.96 | +1.46 | +1.93% |
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Eagle Ford • 2 days | 79.33 | -0.29 | -0.36% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 5 days | 79.75 | +0.50 | +0.63% | ||
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Kansas Common • 2 days | 73.00 | -0.50 | -0.68% | ||
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Buena Vista • 5 days | 87.31 | +0.41 | +0.47% |
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Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of September 26, 2011
The downtrend continued in Natural Gas last week as the November futures contract plunged to a new low for the year at 3.745. Bearish fundamentals and a weakening technical picture…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of September 19, 2011
Like crude oil, November Natural Gas appeared to be set up for a strong surge to the upside and finish for the week, but supply came in much larger than…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of September 12, 2011
For the first time in seven weeks, natural gas futures failed to make a lower-low on the weekly charts. The inside week that was produced may be a sign of…
Russia-Ukraine Honeymoon Over As Gas Dispute Deepens
It all started with great fanfare last year in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where Ukraine's newly elected President Viktor Yanukovych and his cheerful-looking Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, signed a…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of September 5, 2011
After spiking up to 4.13 after the release of last week’s inventory report and on speculation of a production shutdown because of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, natural…
Natural Gas Prices and the Bottom of the Resource Triangle
Theoretically, we have a very large amount of resources of many kinds available–oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, gold, fresh water. There is a relatively small amount of high quality, inexpensive-to-extract…
New Update for U.S. Natural Gas Supplies in the Marcellus Shale Formation
The Marcellus Shale formation that extends across eight U.S. states has a new estimate out from the US Geological Survey (USGS). The new estimate of the reserve was increased from…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of August 29, 2011
Natural Gas futures remained under pressure last week as traders assessed the potential impact of Hurricane Irene on supply and demand. The consensus is that after the hurricane passes, temperatures…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of August 22, 2011
Last week October Natural Gas rebounded from a 5-month low to close off the low. Despite the comeback on Friday, the trend remains down with no sign of a change…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of August 15, 2011
October natural gas futures bucked the trend of most commodity markets last week by posting a strong 2.75% gain to finish at 4.071. Technically the market posted a weekly closing…
Ukraine to cut Gazprom's umbilical cord?
Sometimes it's not easy being Russia's neighbor - just ask Ukraine. Ever since the 1991 implosion of the USSR, Ukraine's relations with Russia have appeared between coldly formal and outright…
Canada's Increasing Demand for U.S. Natural Gas
Canada needs US natural gas to help produce its bitumen oil sands. As oil sands production ratchets up from 1.5 million barrels per day to 5 mbpd by 2020, Canada's…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of August 8, 2011
Nearby Natural Gas futures fell sharply lower last week, briefly piercing the low for the year at 3.917 while reaching 3.901 before settling the week at 3.941. The poor outlook…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of August 1, 2011
September Natural Gas futures prices fell close to 6.0% last week and closed in a position to challenge the early July bottom at 4.067 and a pair of major bottoms…
The Growth of the Natural Gas Industry
The natural gas industry in the United States has undergone significant changes in the last twenty years. As I noted last time, until 1993 the industry was beset by regulation…
Shale Gas Changing the Energy Balance of Power
Rising U.S. natural gas production from shale formations has already played a critical role in weakening Russia's ability to wield an "energy weapon" over its European customers, and this trend…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of July 25, 2011
The spike in September Natural Gas futures came to an abrupt ending early last week as weather forecasts took out the chance for an extended heat wave across the United…
How Long Will Natural Gas Prices Stay Low?
The natural gas market’s underperformance in the investment world hampers its current role as (at least an investment) alternative to crude oil, effectively making the abundant fuel take a backseat.…
The Return of Gazprom
The December 1991 collapse of the USSR was an unmitigated disaster for all 15 nations emerging from the desiccated carapace of the Soviet Union. Now, like a plate of mercury…
Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of July 18, 2011
September Natural Gas soared on Friday, settling at a one-month high, near 50% of its June/July range of 5.011 to 4.012 at 4.511. The rebound following a test of the…
