Oil and Natural Gas Prices Keep Climbing
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The U.S. is the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, and one relatively obscure U.S. company seems ready to reap the benefits of a surge in global natural-gas prices following the U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran and the widening conflict in the Middle East.
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Middle East war sends natural gas prices soaring, raising growth shock risk for Europe and Asia
Disruption to LNG supplies could dent European growth and harm reindustrialization ambitions.
European LNG supply at risk as Hormuz tensions rise. Natural gas futures react to inventory deficits, weather forecasts, and key chart resistance.
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas ETF (NYSEARCA:BOIL) gives traders amplified exposure to natural gas price swings – specifically, 2x the daily return of the Bloomberg Natural Gas Subindex. That amplification cuts both ways: BOIL has fallen roughly 80% over the past year.
An electric generating facility in Wakefield, Massachusetts, is powered by natural gas, as New England gets about half of its electricity from natural gas.
WTI oil made an attempt to settle above the resistance at $74.50 – $75.00 but lost momentum and pulled back as traders have started to take profits after the strong rally. In case WTI oil settles back above $75.00, it will move towards recent highs near the $78.00 level.
Natural gas just printed $30.72 per MMBtu on January 23, 2026, then collapsed to $3.13 by February 23. That is a nearly 90% round-trip in five weeks. United States Natural Gas Fund (NYSEARCA:UNG) captures every one of those moves,
Early gains in U.S. natural gas futures appear related to European and Asian physical buyers hedging in U.S. markets, according to Tradition Energy.
US natural gas futures (NG1:COM) are trading around $2.86 per MMBtu, marking a significant decline that has wiped out the winter spike we saw earlier this year. Read more
West Virginia Attorney General is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal rule that would effectively eliminate many natural gas appliances from the market.