{"id":264426,"date":"2026-01-29T23:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264426\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T23:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:25:07","slug":"us-natgas-prices-edge-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264426\/","title":{"rendered":"US Natgas Prices Edge Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Isfahan oil refinery 02.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                            <\/p>\n<p>US natural gas futures edged up about 1% on Thursday as a larger than expected storage draw and stronger demand outlook offset still recovering production.<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Information Administration reported a 242 billion cubic feet withdrawal for the week to January 23, above forecasts and well above the five year average, after an Arctic blast boosted heating demand.<\/p>\n<p>Weather forecasts now point to colder than normal conditions through mid February, supporting consumption expectations even if temperatures are less extreme than late January.<\/p>\n<p>Production remains below recent highs, with average January output down from December records, although daily supply is gradually recovering as frozen wells return.<\/p>\n<p>Support also came from rising gas flows to LNG export plants after storm related disruptions earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Some companies even imported gas into the US to take advantage of elevated prices, highlighting how tight market conditions remain despite the modest rebound in supply.<br \/>Source: Trading Economics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US natural gas futures edged up about 1% on Thursday as a larger than expected storage draw and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-264426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}