EIA said in its weekly report, citing shipping data provided by Bloomberg Finance, that the total capacity of these 40 LNG vessels is 151 Bcf.
Based on EIA’s previous natural gas weekly reports, this is a new record and the highest number of LNG cargoes this year.
During the week ending December 3, US LNG plants shipped 37 cargoes.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass plant shipped ten LNG cargoes, and the company’s Corpus Christi facility sent six shipments during the week ending December 10, 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 two cargoes and the Elba Island facility sent one cargo during the week under review.
Henry Hub down
EIA reported that the Henry Hub spot price fell 26 cents from $4.87 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) last Wednesday to $4.61/MMBtu this Wednesday.
According to the agency, the price of the January 2026 NYMEX contract decreased 40 cents, from $4.995/MMBtu last Wednesday to $4.595/MMBtu this Wednesday.
EIA said the price of the 12-month strip averaging January 2026 through December 2026 futures contracts declined 23 cents to $4.072/MMBtu.
TTF averaged $9.24/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 18 cents to a weekly average of $10.85/MMBtu.
Natural gas futures for delivery at the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) in the Netherlands decreased 41 cents to a weekly average of $9.24/MMBtu.
In the same week last year (week ending December 11, 2024), the prices were $15.04/MMBtu in East Asia and $14.11/MMBtu at TTF, EIA said.
