Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Prices 2006


At the close of the traditional heating season on March 31, relatively high volumes of natural gas remained in storage.  The Henry Hub natural gas spot price flucturated during the week, but decreased 28 cents or about four percent per million British thermal units (mmBtu) since last Wednesday to $6.88 on April 5.  This Wednesday's price of $6.88 was 56 cents lower than last year's level of $7.44 per mmBtu.

Shut-in natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico was 1.362 billion cubic feet per day as of Wednesday, April 5, down from its level on March 22 of 1.393 billion cubic feet per day.

 The amount of natural gas in storage in the East Region decreased 1.7 percent to 846 billion cubic feet for the week ending March 31, which was 357 billion cubic feet above the 5-year average.  Nebraska is a part of the East Region (see map) which is a major natural gas consumer, particularly in the residential and commercial sectors.  The industrial sector, which includes agriculture, is also a major consumer in this state.  Most of the gas is supplied from the Producing Region with a fair amount imported from Canada.  The Henry Hub in southern Louisiana is a major market center with interconnections for many of the pipelines that transport U.S.-produced gas to the East Region.  Furthermore, the Henry Hub is the preferred reference point for prices for most of the domestic gas destined for the East.  Therefore, market conditions and developments in the East Region and price movements and trends at the Henry Hub are usually highly correlated.

Notes:  An archive is available.  Divide the price by ten (10) to obtain the price per hundred cubic feet (ccf) or the approximate price per therm.

Natural Gas Spot Prices at the Henry Hub
2004, 2005, and 2006


Natural Gas Spot Prices at the Henry Hub 2006
[Price per Million British Thermal Units (mmBtu)]
Day Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    1   $8.71 $6.62   NA NA   NA NA   NA NA
    2 Holiday $8.00 $6.69   NA NA   NA   NA NA  
    3 $9.91 $8.01 $6.59 $7.05 NA   NA NA   NA NA  
    4 $9.25     $7.02 NA   NA NA NA NA   NA
    5 $9.23     $6.88 NA NA NA   NA NA   NA
    6 $9.28 $8.26 $6.49 NA   NA NA   NA NA NA NA
    7   $7.73 $6.53 NA   NA NA NA NA   NA NA
    8   $7.88 $6.48   NA NA   NA NA   NA NA
    9 $8.80 $7.56 $6.31   NA NA   NA   NA NA  
  10 $8.60 $7.56 $6.40 NA NA   NA NA   NA NA  
  11 $8.55     NA NA   NA NA NA NA   NA
  12 $8.70     NA NA NA NA   NA NA   NA
  13 $8.53 $7.36 $6.76 NA   NA NA   NA NA NA NA
  14   $7.03 $7.14 NA   NA NA NA NA   NA NA
  15   $7.31 $7.10   NA NA   NA NA   NA NA
  16 Holiday $7.16 $7.12   NA NA   NA   NA NA  
  17 $8.81 $7.38 $7.17 NA NA   NA NA   NA NA  
  18 $8.85     NA NA   NA NA NA NA   NA
  19 $8.21     NA NA NA NA   NA NA   NA
  20 $8.78 Holiday $7.00 NA   NA NA   NA NA NA NA
  21   $7.40 $6.83 NA   NA NA NA NA   NA NA
  22   $7.54 $7.07   NA NA   NA NA   NA NA
  23 $8.29 $7.23 $7.16   NA NA   NA   NA NA  
  24 $8.25 $7.40 $7.43 NA NA   NA NA   NA NA  
  25 $8.50     NA NA   NA NA NA NA   NA
  26 $7.85     NA NA NA NA   NA NA   NA
  27 $8.18 $6.97 $7.06 NA   NA NA   NA NA NA NA
  28   $6.68 $7.15 NA   NA NA NA NA   NA NA
  29     $7.16   NA NA   NA NA   NA NA
  30 $8.35   $7.18   NA NA   NA   NA NA  
  31 $8.73   $6.98   NA   NA NA   NA    

Sources:  Natural Gas Weekly Update.   Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Note:  NA = Not available.

This table was updated on April 6, 2006.  Typically, there is one week between updates.

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