{"id":46492,"date":"2025-04-15T12:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=46492"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:55:40","slug":"natural-gas-storage-report-and-market-dynamics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/natural-gas-storage-report-and-market-dynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"May NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.325 on Monday, April 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, April 14<sup>th<\/sup> saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.558, $0.031 cents above Friday\u2019s closing price of $3.527. Reaching the intraday high of $3.604 at 9:15AM, prices then withdrew throughout the morning to cross midday at $3.457. Falling to the intraday low of $3.321 ahead of 2:30PM, weak fundamentals and steady production provided bearish pressure during the session. May closed lower on Monday at $3.325.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted a 57 BCF injection to storage for the week ended April 4 \u2013 below the market estimate of a 65 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 1,830 BCF; 19.7% below this time last year and 2.1% below the five-year average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 7:00AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.310; Natural Gas was up $0.024; Heating Oil was up $0.001; and Gasoline was down $0.001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>For access to Sprague\u2019s full Natural Gas Market Watch Report including commentary not posted here, please send your request to <a href=\"mailto:natgas@spragueenergy.com\">natgas@spragueenergy.com<\/a> or call 1-855-466-2842<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, April 14th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.558, $0.031 cents above Friday\u2019s closing price of $3.527. 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