No Wells Coming Off The Confidential List Today -- March 31, 2020

Active rigs:

$21.20	3/31/2020	03/31/2019	03/31/2018	03/31/2017	03/31/2016
Active Rigs	43	66	60	49	30

Wells coming off confidential list today --None. There was no September 31 six months ago.

RBN Energy: COVID-19 shutdowns compound weak gas demand fundamentals. Archived.

While the crude oil market meltdown has taken center stage in recent weeks, and for good reason, the natural gas market is bracing for its own fallout.

The CME/NYMEX Henry Hub April futures price, which was already at a multi-year low, buckled last week, falling to as low as $1.602/MMBtu on March 23, and expired Friday at $1.634/MMBtu, the lowest April expiration settle since 1995.

On its first day in prompt position, the May futures contract yesterday eked out a late-day, 1.9-cent gain that brought it back up near $1.70/MMBtu as traders continued weighing competing market factors. Gas futures earlier in March were initially buoyed by the assumption that the low oil-price environment would slow associated gas production — and it will, eventually. But that initial bullish sentiment was quickly usurped by the more immediate effects of demand losses resulting from the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19, as well as from mild weather. Today, we look at how these developments are shaping gas supply-demand fundamentals heading into the gas storage injection season.