After Event-Driven Volatility, Shoulder Season Demand Means Gas Prices Resumed Their Fall
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Natural gas prices resumed their downward run during a wild week across markets. Weather-related volatility seems to be subsiding...

Near Term v. Long Term, Asia v. The West
The EIA released its January Short Term Energy Outlook (“STEO”) last week, & in it, they updated their forecast liquids consumption to 100.9


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Natural Gas Still Looks Soft in the Near Term
Winter gas continues to trade at a substantial premium to summer, despite a ~12% tightening of contango so far this week.

Drastically Different End-of-Season Natural Gas Positions in South vs. West
The message of lower prices, infrastructure constraints, wide basis, and a curve that is persistently in contango seems to be getting...

Softening Spreads Still Wide Enough to Drive Trade as Market Shifts Focus to Gasoline
The EIA reported a monstrously wide build in commercial crude stocks for the second time in 2023...


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Blue Lacy Advisors, LLC - Seasonal Factors Abound
Technical factors seemed to dominate the market in recent weeks. Since setting a post-war low close of $76.10, prompt Brent has inched...

Canadian Rig Activity Jumps, US Refineries Underutilized, Cracks Tighten
Another major outlet released updated monthly data last week – Baker Hughes (“BH”) published its monthly estimate of worldwide...


Blue Lacy Advisors, LLC - Reducing the Pace of Production
Through January 28, 2023, the cumulative deficit to Heating Degree Days (“HDD”) for the year reached 227, wider by 19 HDD on the week.
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