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U.S. Natural Gas Prices to Average $3.40 in January as Domestic, Overseas Demand Climbs, Says EIA

September 9, 2020
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U.S. Natural Gas Prices to Average $3.40 in January as Domestic, Overseas Demand Climbs, Says EIA
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Demand for natural gas is likely to increase domestically and overseas heading into the winter, while production stagnates, pushing Henry Hub spot prices to an average of $3.40/MMBtu in January, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.

In the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), forecasters said monthly average spot prices should “remain higher than $3.00/MMBtu for all of 2021, averaging $3.19/MMBtu for the year, up from a forecast average of $2.16/MMBtu in 2020.”

Total U.S. working gas in storage at the end of August was 3.5 Tcf, 13% more than the five-year (2015-2019) average, EIA noted. EIA now expects inventories to reach almost 4.0 Tcf on Oct. 31, which would be 6% more than the five-year average.

The upbeat forecast noted that Henry Hub spot averaged $2.30 in August, up from $1.77 in July, reflecting “rising demand for natural gas from the U.S. electric power sector as a result of warmer-than-normal temperatures during August and rising demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports amid declining U.S. natural gas production.”

EIA estimated LNG exports averaged 3.7 Bcf/d in August, a 19% increase from July. 

“This increase occurred amid rising spot and forward natural gas prices in Europe and Asia, which had fallen to record lows in late May and June as Covid-19 mitigation efforts reduced global natural gas consumption,” researchers said. 

“Higher global forward prices indicate improving netbacks for buyers of U.S. LNG in European and Asian markets for the upcoming fall and winter seasons amid expectations of natural gas demand recovery and potential LNG supply reduction because of maintenance at the Gorgon LNG plant in Australia.

“EIA forecasts that U.S. LNG exports will return to pre-Covid levels by November 2020 and will average more than 9 Bcf/d from December 2020 through February 2021.”

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Total U.S. gas demand is forecast to average 82.7 Bcf/d this year, off 2.7% from 2019.

“The largest decline in consumption occurs in the industrial sector,” with demand down 1 Bcf/d from 2019 at 21.9 Bcf/d. The decline would reflect reduced manufacturing activity. The decline in heating demand earlier this year also is contributing to overall lower consumption. Residential demand is expected to average 12.9 Bcf/d, off 0.8 Bcf/d.

“EIA expects U.S. natural gas consumption will average 79.1 Bcf/d in 2021, a 4.3% decline from 2020,” researchers said. “The expected decline is the result of rising natural gas prices,” likely pressuring demand in the electric power sector. 

U.S. dry natural gas production is forecast to average 89.9 Bcf/d this year, with the average falling from a record 96.2 Bcf/d last November to 85.5 Bcf/d next February. Output then is seen rising slightly. 

“Natural gas production declines the most in the Permian region, where EIA expects low crude oil prices will reduce associated natural gas output from oil-directed rigs,” researchers said. Dry gas production in the United States is forecast to average 86.6 Bcf/d in 2021, with output beginning to rise in 2Q2021 in response to higher gas and crude prices.

Researchers acknowledged that the latest STEO “remains subject to heightened levels of uncertainty” because mitigation and reopening efforts related to Covid-19 are evolving. 

“Reduced economic activity related to the Covid-19 pandemic has caused changes in energy demand and supply patterns in 2020. This STEO assumes U.S. gross domestic product declined by 4.6% in the first half of 2020 from the same period a year ago and will rise beginning in the third quarter of 2020, with year/year growth of 3.1% in 2021.” The U.S. macroeconomic assumptions are based on forecasts by IHS Markit.

EIA is estimating that demand for petroleum and liquid fuels globally will average 93.1 million b/d for 2020, down 8.3 million b/d from 2019, before increasing by 6.5 million b/d in 2021. The forecast for growth in 2021 is 0.5 million b/d below the August STEO, “largely a result of lower expected consumption growth in China, which EIA now forecasts to grow by 1.0 million b/d in 2021.”

Meanwhile, U.S. oil production increased by an estimated 10.8 million b/d in August. 

“Production has risen as tight oil operators have brought wells back online in response to rising prices after curtailing production amid low oil prices in the second quarter,” researchers noted.
EIA is forecasting domestic oil output to rise to 11.2 million b/d in September as production in the Gulf of Mexico returns following Hurricane Laura.

“However, after September, EIA expects U.S. crude oil production to decline slightly, averaging just under 11.0 million b/d during the first half of 2021 because…new drilling activity will not generate enough production to offset declines from existing wells.”

U.S. drilling activity should climb later in 2021, moving output to an average 11.3 million b/d in 4Q2021. 

“On an annual average basis,” researchers said, “EIA expects U.S. crude oil production to fall from an average of 12.2 million b/d in 2019 to 11.4 million b/d in 2020 and 11.1 million b/d in 2021.”



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