{"id":48302,"date":"2026-01-23T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=48302"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:42:26","slug":"february-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-5-045-on-thursday-january-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/february-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-5-045-on-thursday-january-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"February NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $5.045 on Thursday, January 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday, January 22nd saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $5.286, $0.411 above Wednesday\u2019s closing price of $4.875; up 57.1% since Friday. Achieving a fresh three-year intraday high of $5.650 at 10:15AM, prices stabilized near $5.500 ahead of the weekly storage publication. Trading sideways following the bearish storage injection, the contract then withdrew heading into midday. Having priced in the upcoming winter storm, prices fell to an intraday low of $4.900 at 1:55PM. February closed higher on Thursday at $5.045.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published on Thursday posted a 120 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 16 \u2013 greater than the market estimate of a 90 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 3,065 BCF; 4.8% above this time last year and 6.1% above the five-year average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of 6:25AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.980; Natural Gas was down $0.048; Heating Oil was up $0.034; and Gasoline was up $0.014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For access to Sprague\u2019s full Natural Gas Market Watch Report including commentary not posted here, please send your request to natgas@spragueenergy.com or call 1-855-466-2842<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, January 22nd saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $5.286, $0.411 above Wednesday\u2019s closing price of $4.875; up 57.1% since Friday. 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