EIA said in its weekly report, citing shipping data provided by Bloomberg Finance, that the total capacity of these 37 LNG vessels is 138 Bcf.
Based on EIA’s previous natural gas weekly reports, this is a new record and the highest number of LNG cargoes this year
The agency did not release its weekly natural gas report last week due to holidays.
During the week ending November 19, US LNG plants shipped 34 cargoes.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass plant shipped nine LNG cargoes, and the company’s Corpus Christi facility sent six shipments during the week ending December 3, according to the report.
Moreover, Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines terminal sent eight shipments, and the Freeport LNG terminal and Sempra Infrastructure’s Cameron LNG terminal each shipped five cargoes.
Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass facility shipped three cargoes, while the Cove Point facility sent one cargo during the week under review.
There were no exports from the Elba Island facility.
Henry Hub up
EIA reported that the Henry Hub spot price rose 28 cents from $4.59 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) last Wednesday to $4.87/MMBtu this Wednesday.
According to the agency, most US trading hubs reflected spot prices ranging from $4/MMBtu to $5/MMBtu as of Wednesday.
The December 2025 NYMEX contract expired November 25 at $4.424/MMBtu, down 13 cents from Wednesday, November 19.
EIA said the price of the January 2026 NYMEX contract increased 44 cents, from $4.558/MMBtu last Wednesday to $4.995/MMBtu this Wednesday.
The agency noted that near-month futures prices are at their highest since December 2022.
The price of the 12-month futures contract strip averaging January 2026 through December 2026 climbed 26 cents to $4.302/MMBtu.
TTF averaged $9.66/MMBtu
The agency said that international natural gas futures decreased this report week.
Bloomberg Finance reported that average front-month futures prices for LNG cargoes in East Asia decreased 30 cents to a weekly average of $11.04/MMBtu.
Natural gas futures for delivery at the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) in the Netherlands decreased 49 cents to a weekly average of $9.66/MMBtu.
In the same week last year (week ending December 4, 2024), the prices were $15.06/MMBtu in East Asia and $14.82/MMBtu at TTF, EIA said.
