# Natural Gas Soars 20% in U.S. on Concerns About Winter Supplies - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com

> Natural gas futures for December delivery rose as much as 20% to $4.929 per MMBtu on NYMEX, the largest gain in nine years and the highest since February 2014. Forecasts of lingering U.S. cold raised concern that stockpiles, already at a 15-year seasonal low, may not meet winter demand. Trading volume ran about three times the 100-day average.

- Date: 2018-11-15 · published 2018-11-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10415-natural-gas-soars-20-in-u-s-on-concerns-about-winter-supplies-energy-news-top
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Tight storage combined with colder winter outlooks pushes up heating-fuel costs and the energy cost of feed processing, and it tightens the energy-linked cost base for feed producers. Gas-driven drying and ethanol-related energy costs can feed through to DDGS and corn pricing.

## Read by commodity

- DDGS: neutral
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2018-11-07 | [Commentary: U.S. natural gas prices surge on cold weather forecast - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62209-commentary-u-s-natural-gas-prices-surge-on-cold-weather-forecast-energy-news.md) | +15.8% | +29.1% |
| NATGAS | 2022-11-08 | [U.S. natgas futures jump 9% on colder November forecasts - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7579-u-s-natgas-futures-jump-9-on-colder-november-forecasts-energy-news-top.md) | +7.4% | -11.6% |
| NATGAS | 2022-02-03 | [U.S. natgas prices up near year-high as output hurt by icy weather - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9227-u-s-natgas-prices-up-near-year-high-as-output-hurt-by-icy-weather-energy-news.md) | -33.0% | -23.0% |
| NATGAS | 2023-06-30 | [U.S. natgas prices up 2% on rising LNG feedgas, lingering hot weather - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35685-u-s-natgas-prices-up-2-on-rising-lng-feedgas-lingering-hot-weather-energy-news.md) | -0.4% | +1.5% |
| NATGAS | 2021-08-09 | [Analysis: Winter is coming: temperature extremes fuel global gas rally - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45733-analysis-winter-is-coming-temperature-extremes-fuel-global-gas-rally-energy.md) | -6.5% | +13.6% |

## Sources

- energynow.com: https://energynow.com/2018/11/natural-gas-soars-20-in-u-s-on-concerns-about-winter-supplies/

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