The Natural Gas Market Is in a Summer Meltdown
The price of the August natural-gas futures contract dropped to a new three-year low
Natural gas prices typically rise in the summer, but this year is an exception. Here, a flare near Pecos, Texas. Photo: James Durbin for The Wall Street Journal
By
Ryan Dezember
Updated July 26, 2019 4:37 pm ET
Some of the country’s largest natural gas producers are tearing up their drilling plans, relenting to prices for the fuel that have fallen to their lowest summer level in two decades.
Natural gas prices typically move higher in the heat of the summer, as demand from electricity plants surges to power air conditioners. This month’s
heat wave in the Eastern U.S. has generated record consumption at power plants, yet natural gas prices have continued to slide due to bountiful supplies.
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NG getting rather tradable even during summer time.