Central spot gas prices fall ahead of four-day holiday flows

摘要

Cash prices for Midwest and Midcontinent natural gas flows for Wednesdaythrough Saturday were trading down Tuesday, despite a forecast of coldtemperatures and reduced inflows from Texas and the Rockies.Chicago city-gates settled 5 cents lower at $2.25/MMBtu at Tuesday’ssettlement. While the location also traded lower on the third day of DecemberBidweek, it averaged much higher than the daily market at $2.66/MMBtu.