EIA said in its weekly report, citing shipping data provided by Bloomberg Finance, that the total capacity of these 38 LNG vessels is 143 Bcf.
The agency did not release its weekly natural gas reports over the past two weeks due to the holidays.
During the week ending December 17, 2025 US LNG plants shipped 33 cargoes.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass plant shipped eleven LNG cargoes, and the company’s Corpus Christi facility sent six shipments during the week ending January 7, according to the report.
Moreover, Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines terminal sent seven shipments, while the Freeport LNG terminal sent five shipments and Sempra Infrastructure’s Cameron LNG terminal shipped four cargoes.
Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass facility shipped three cargoes, and the Cove Point facility and the Elba Island facility each sent one cargo during the week under review.
Henry Hub down
EIA reported that the Henry Hub spot price fell 85 cents from $3.96 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) last Wednesday to $3.11/MMBtu this Wednesday, up from a low of $2.82/MMBtu on Tuesday, the lowest price since October 17.
According to the agency, Wednesday’s Henry Hub spot price is down $2.08 from this season’s high of $5.19/MMBtu on December 5, 2025.
Moreover, the January 2026 NYMEX contract expired December 29 at $4.687/MMBtu, up 45 cents from Wednesday, December 24.
EIA reported that the price of the February 2026 NYMEX contract decreased by 16 cents, from $3.686/MMBtu last Wednesday to $3.525/MMBtu this Wednesday.
The price of the 12-month strip averaging February 2026 through January 2027 futures contracts declined 19 cents to $3.536/MMBtu.
TTF averaged $9.72/MMBtu
The agency said that international natural gas futures were mixed this report week.
Bloomberg Finance reported that average front-month futures prices for LNG cargoes in East Asia decreased 4 cents to a weekly average of $9.61/MMBtu.
Natural gas futures for delivery at the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) in the Netherlands increased 2 cents to a weekly average of $9.72/MMBtu.
In the same week last year (week ending January 8, 2025), the prices were $14.30/MMBtu in East Asia and $14.55/MMBtu at TTF, EIA said.
