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Pitts

burgh

Calgary

City Location

Chicago

Oklahoma

City

Dallas

Los

Angeles

Sacra

mento

Denver

Portland

Houston

New 

Orleans

M

Vancouver

Last 30DLst yr 30D5 Yr 30 D Avg

Cumulative HDDs by City 

30 Day Intervals

Source: Bloomberg Weather

Atlanta

Updated

Natural Gas Trading: HDD Weather Map

981

10581036

604720676

264410332

1,055

13681145

786879812

538652564

328454343

708789763

1,127

10261071

397454434

635811769

464541565

240160228
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Pitts

burgh

Calgary

Chicago 

Oklahoma

City

Dallas

Los

Angeles

Sacra

mento Denver

Portland

Houston New 

Orleans 

Vancouver

Last 30DLst yr 30D5 Yr 30 D Avg

Cumulative CDDs by City 

30 Day Intervals

Source: Bloomberg Weather

Atla

Updated

Natural Gas Trading: CDD Weather Map

000

000

171912

000

000

002

10

7

20

000

000

000

000

000

1316

8
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Columbia

TCO Pool

AECO 

Pricing PointBOLD –30 Day Avg PriceGreen – % increase from previous monthRed – % decrease from previous month

ChicagoCitygate

NGPL

Midcont

El Paso

Permian

SoCal 

Border

PG&E

Citygate

CIG

NW 

Sumas

HSC Henry 

Hub

FGT-Z3

Spot Natural Gas Prices 

30 Day Average ($/MMBtu)

Source: ICE Updated

$3.20

‐26%

$3.32

‐41%

$3.04

‐31%

$3.13

‐30%

$3.11

‐28%

$2.61

‐30%

$3.21

‐29%

$4.85

0%

$3.59

‐23%

$3.32

‐29% $3.19

‐27%

Natural Gas Trading: Price Map

$3.14

‐26%
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Columbia

TCO Pool

Pricing PointBOLD – 30 Day Avg VolumeGreen – % increase from previous yearRed – % decrease from previous year

ChicagoCitygate

NGPL

Midcon

El Paso

Permian

SoCal 

Border

PG&E

Citygate

CIG

NW 

Sumas

HSC Henry Hub

FGT-Z3

Spot Natural Gas Trading Volu

30 Day Average (MMBtus)

Source: ICE Updated

124,850

‐27%

399,310

‐22%

394,947

79%

550,453

‐12%

197,067

6%

349,333

29%

44,853

‐47%

44,783

4%

56,473

0%

777,977

15%

402,633

157%

Natural Gas Trading: Volume Map
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Source: Derived from Bloomberg data 

Gas vs Coal

Natural Gas Trading: Gas vs Coal

$0$1$2$3$4$5$6$7

Jan‐13

Mar‐13

May‐13

Jul‐13

Sep‐13

Nov‐13

Jan‐14

Mar‐14

May‐14

Jul‐14

Sep‐14

Nov‐14

Gas and Converted Coal Price ($/MMBtu) Nymex Henry Hub (Left Axis) Central App Coal (Left Axis) GSCI Commodity Index
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Source: Derived from Bloomberg data 

Nymex Futures Curves

$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$2.00$2.50$3.00$3.50$4.00$4.50$5.00

Feb‐15

May‐15

Aug‐15

Nov‐15

Feb‐16

May‐16

Aug‐16

Nov‐16

Feb‐17

May‐17

Nymex Futures Curves($/MMBtu) 1/6/2014 7/8/2014

12/8/2014 1/8/2015

Natural Gas Trading: Nymex Futures Curves
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Natural Gas Market Trading : Oil Curves

Source: Derived from Bloomberg data 

Brent vs WTI

$0

$20$40$60$80

$100$120$140

Oil Prices($/Barrel)

WtI Oil Price Brent Crude Oil Pric
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Natural Gas Trading: Nymex Futures Curve

Source: Derived from Bloomberg data 

Nymex Settlement

$2.95$3.00$3.05$3.10$3.15$3.20$3.25

Price ($/MMBtu)

Jan 2015 Nymex Contract Price Jan 2015 ICE ConSettlement Period Platts Settled BidNymex Settled Price

Trade Time on December 29 2014
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Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) Prices

05

10152025303540

$/MMBtu

Henry Hub Natural Gas EthanePropane Butane/Iso-ButanNatural Gasoline

U