# Henry Hub Spot NatGas Prices Seen Heading Higher in 2017 Than December Forecast, EIA Says

> The EIA's January Short-Term Energy Outlook raised its Henry Hub forecast to $3.55/MMBtu for 2017, up from $3.27 in the December outlook, and added a first 2018 estimate of $3.73. The agency expects inventories to stay below the five-year average through much of the winter.

- Date: 2017-01-10 · published 2017-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73144-henry-hub-spot-natgas-prices-seen-heading-higher-in-2017-than-december-forecast
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Higher forecast Henry Hub prices and low inventories raise expected energy costs for US feed and processing plants.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2022-05-24 | [LNG Demand Seen Driving Natural Gas Prices Higher This Summer, FERC Says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41573-lng-demand-seen-driving-natural-gas-prices-higher-this-summer-ferc-says.md) | -1.7% | -19.4% |
| NATGAS | 2025-12-17 | [EIA Raises 2025 Henry Hub Price Forecast \| Rigzone](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21698-eia-raises-2025-henry-hub-price-forecast-rigzone.md) | +3.5% | -19.0% |
| NATGAS | 2017-02-01 | [Natural gas prices in 2017 and 2018 are expected to be higher than last year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73135-natural-gas-prices-in-2017-and-2018-are-expected-to-be-higher-than-last-year.md) | +0.7% | -13.2% |
| NATGAS | 2025-11-12 | [Henry Hub Natural Gas Prices Poised to Ramp as Demand Mounts, EIA Says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22134-henry-hub-natural-gas-prices-poised-to-ramp-as-demand-mounts-eia-says.md) | -3.4% | +10.6% |
| NATGAS | 2025-04-17 | [USA EIA Boosts Henry Hub Natural Gas Price Forecasts \| Rigzone](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25301-usa-eia-boosts-henry-hub-natural-gas-price-forecasts-rigzone.md) | -10.7% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- naturalgasintel.com: https://naturalgasintel.com/news/henry-hub-spot-natgas-prices-seen-heading-higher-in-2017-than-december-forecast-eia-says/

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