NATURAL GAS weekly special report based On 1.00 Lot Calculation:
NATURAL GAS GLOBAL MARKETS:
- LARGEST NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER IN THE WORLD (LNG + PIPELINE): 1. RUSSIA (173.81 million tons); 2. USA; 3. QATAR; 4. NORWAY; 5. AUSTRALIA;
- LARGEST NATURAL GAS IMPORTER IN THE WORLD: CHINA (121.99 million tons)
- CHINA’S LARGEST NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER: 1. AUSTRALIA (~26%); 2. TURKMENISTAN (~20%); 3. RUSSIA (~10%).
- E.U. IMPORTS 45% OF NEEDED NATURAL GAS FROM RUSSIA (OF TOTAL 251.44 million tons): 113 million tons (average daily consumption: 32.85 million tons).
- RUSSIA EXPORTS TO THE E.U. ACCOUNTS FOR 65% OF TOTAL EXPORTS: 113 million tons of 173.81 goes to the E.U.
CURRENT
- NatGasWeather suggested the possibility of colder temperatures and stronger national demand for the Dec. 16-20 time frame.
- The U.S. Energy Information Administration said stocks for the week ending Nov. 25 fell by 81 Bcf, 1 Bcf more than the prior week and far more than both year-earlier and five-year average declines. The drop sent storage inventories to 3,483 Bcf, which is 89 Bcf below last year and 86 Bcf below the five-year average.
- Worries about decrease of Russian oil supply can send natural gas demand higher as an effective alternative to oil. G-7 nations implemented the price cap on Russian oil that should disallow the world's second-largest oil exporter from selling crude at a price above $60 per barrel.
- The Freeport export terminal was shut down after an explosion on June 8. Executives at the Freeport LNG export plant in Texas, said they now anticipate they will begin to bring operations back online in late -December. The company said reconstruction work necessary to commence initial operations, including utilization of all three liquefaction trains, was about 90% complete. The company expects to then ramp up to 2.0 Bcf/d of production capacity in December, with full restoration to 2.38 Bcf/d to follow. That final push may not happen until March, officials said.
PRICE ACTION: The Natural Gas prices rose to a record high of $15.780 in 2005. Currently is moving around $5.45 and if a full recovery to 2005 highs happens, this could provide an increase of around 186.91%. However, the price could decline further.
NATURAL GAS, December 6, 2022
Current Price:5.44
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NATURAL GAS |
Weekly |
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Trend direction |
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8.00 |
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7.50 |
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6.40 |
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4.60 |
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4.00 |
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3.50 |
Example of calculation based on weekly trend direction for 1 Lot1
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Pivot Points |
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Profit or loss in $ |
25,600.00 |
20,600.00 |
9,600.00 |
-8,400.00 |
-14,400.00 |
-19,400.00 |
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Profit or loss in €2 |
24,423.52 |
19,653.30 |
9,158.82 |
-8,013.97 |
-13,738.23 |
-18,508.45 |
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Profit or loss in £2 |
21,023.76 |
16,917.56 |
7,883.91 |
-6,898.42 |
-11,825.86 |
-15,932.07 |
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Profit or loss in C$2 |
34,836.86 |
28,032.79 |
13,063.82 |
-11,430.85 |
-19,595.74 |
-26,399.81 |
1. 1 lot is equivalent of 10,000 units
2. Calculations for exchange rate used as of 09:15 (GMT) 06/12/2022
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