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Natural gas prices continued their recent recovery and sharply rose during last week again. This recovery comes after oil prices plummeted last week. There weren't any sharp turns in the fundamentals of the natural gas market so this rally might not last long. Keep in mind that natural gas storage is still high: According to the recent NG storage report, there was a 28 bcf injection; the current natural gas storage is 49.9% above the 5-year average.

The complete natural gas market weekly recap at Trading NRG

Following the sharp movement in natural gas prices, the gap between future and spot also shifted during the week between Contango and Backwardation; it reached a weekly average of $0.07/mmbtu.
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NG prices changed direction and rose during last week after they had sharply declined during most of the month. This recovery comes after oil prices remained at their same range during recent weeks. There weren't major shifts in the fundamentals of the natural gas market so this rally might be short lived. After all the natural gas storage is still high: According to the recent NG storage report, there was a 36 bcf injection; the current natural gas storage is 55.4% above the 5-year average. This recent rise in natural gas prices might due to a combination of the upcoming expiry of future contracts and speculation. There are reports of rising speculations for a warmer than normal weather in the U.S that will raise the natural gas consumption ...

Natural gas prices didn't recover from the sharp falls of past months and during December they also declined. Furthermore, during December natural gas prices have unperformed not only compared with recent months' prices, but also compared with previous years' price levels. One of the reasons is probably the late arrival of the winter, but it's only one aspect of the sharp drop in natural gas prices.
What is up ahead for U.S. natural gas prices during the first month of 2012? Let's analyze the changes in the natural gas prices during December 2011 and provide an outlook for natural gas prices for January 2012:

For the full natural gas monthly report see here in Trading NRG

Natural gas prices continued to sharply decline during most of November. But by the end of the month, the natural gas spot price bounced back and sharply inclined. The same goes to the natural gas future price (short term December delivery) that changed direction on the last few day of the month and sharply rose.

What is up ahead for U.S. NG prices in December? Let's analyze the changes in the natural gas prices during November 2011 and provide an outlook for NG prices for December 2011:


For the complete natural gas price outlook report for December check out in Trading NRG