{"id":49342,"date":"2026-07-17T13:53:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=49342"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:53:24","slug":"august-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-2-858-on-thursday-july-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/august-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-2-858-on-thursday-july-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"August NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $2.858 on Thursday, July 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday, July 16th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.942, $0.018 above Wednesday\u2019s closing price of $2.924. Trading along $2.940 leading up to the 10:30AM publication, marking the intraday high of $2.968 at 10:25AM, the contract posted a steep decline following the as-expected storage build. Recording a fresh two-month intraday low of $2.823 at 11:05AM, steady production, easing cooling demand and reaching the psychological 3,000 BCF storage level, prices traded sideways into the afternoon. August closed lower on Thursday at $2.858.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published on Thursday posted a 41 BCF injection to storage for the week ended July 10 \u2013 in line with the market estimate of 41 BCF. Working gas in storage was reported as 3,024 BCF; 0.7% below this time last year and 6.4% above the five-year average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Globex, as of 8:25AM this morning, WTI Crude was up $1.880; Natural Gas was down $0.003; Heating Oil was up $0.086; and Gasoline was up $0.072.<\/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, July 16th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.942, $0.018 above Wednesday\u2019s closing price of $2.924. 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