Cooler-than-normal Houston weather supports Houston Ship Channel (HSC) gas pricing despite a slight HDD downgrade, with Gulf Coast demand outpacing supply amid stronger Permian inflows and robust Southeast outflows, though Mexico exports have eased
- Houston week ahead weather forecasts are calling for cooler-than-normal weather, lending support for HSC. Houston cumulative HDDs decreased by 0.6 compared with the prior forecast.
- Houston cumulative HDDs count for the next 5 days is 40.07, up 9.53 days from the 10-year normal, while the count for the next 14 days is 79.3, down 23.48 days from the 10-year normal.
- Corpus Christi cumulative HDDs count for the next 5 days is 14.1, down -4.66 days from the 10-year normal, while the count for the next 14 days is 22.21, down 44.21 days from the 10-year normal.
- Brownsville cumulative HDDs count for the next 5 days is 0, down 8.68 days from the 10-year normal, while the count for the next 14 days is 0.59, down 33.05 days from the 10-year normal.
- Gulf Coast demand is 21.2 Bcf/d today, up 0.02 Bcf/d from yesterday and up 0.47 Bcf/d from last week.
- Gulf Coast supply is 18.5 Bcf/d today, down 0.2 Bcf/d from yesterday and up 0.48 Bcf/d from last week.
- Permian inflows are 10.3 Bcf/d today, down 0.03 Bcf/d from yesterday and up 1.01 Bcf/d from last week.
- Gulf Coast exports to Mexico reached 2.9 Bcf/d today, down 0.08 Bcf/d from yesterday and down 0.48 Bcf/d from last week.
- MidCon net imports are 2.1 Bcf/d today, up 0.08 Bcf/d from yesterday and down 0.55 Bcf/d from last week.
- Outflows to the Southeast are 4.7 Bcf/d today, up 0.42 Bcf/d from yesterday and up 1.39 Bcf/d from last week.
- All fundamentals data is BNEF. Current figures as of publishing.