RE: Price falls - US open8 Dec 2022 09:26
It’s probably a read across from gas…
“ US natural gas futures were trading near the $5.8/MMBtu mark, bouncing back from a five-month low of $5.3 hit on December 6th, on forecasts of colder weather and higher heating demand over the next two weeks than previously expected. Still, prices remain unusually subdued for this year, with the US benchmark down more than 15% this month, as milder weather in most of October and November delayed the winter heating season while record levels of production added to the bearish sentiment. Average gas output in the US Lower 48 states rose to a record 99.6 bcfd so far in December, up from 99.5 bcfd in November. At the same time, the Freeport LNG export plant in Texas, forced to go offline in June following a fire, expects to begin bringing operations back online only by year's end, in another delay due to pending regulatory approval.…’
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/natural-gas
SP Positives
We have European demand ex Russia
China. Lockdown easing, it’s all in the mix
Cold weather
European LNG storage increases.
Also Rusty said we make good money 5-7 range
Divi covered, was increased and share buy back. 12 yield should prop up price!
Negatives
Probably concerned Stifel no longer buying
US replenishing sovereign supplies at fast rate
Usual ESG prohibits some SP buying of any HC’s
Share not loved
There’s obviously more but the dip in gas price has to be highest.
Usual caveats
Trek