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Natural gas storage is misleading everyone

LNG
Delayed

The thesis

Aggregate storage looks comfortable, but the constraint is deliverability into export capacity, not total gas in the ground.

What I'm watching

  • Regional basis spreads
  • LNG feedgas demand
  • Rig count with the usual six-month lag

Positioning

Watch, 1-2 quarters. Conviction: Low. Gas is a weather trade more often than anyone admits.

Opinion, not investment advice. The author may or may not hold positions discussed.

Opinion. The author may or may not hold positions discussed. Not advice. Not a financial promotion approved under FSMA s.21. Quote data is delayed. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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The second point is the one most people are going to skip over.

Hana Hoffman·

Not sure I buy the timing here. Feels like this needs another quarter of data before it's actionable.

Rafa Lindstrom·

Good timing — was just reworking my LNG sizing this morning.

Oscar Lindstrom·

What's the invalidation level you're using on LNG?

Greta Lindqvist·

Fair pushback. I'd agree if positioning were more extreme, but the flow data doesn't show that yet.

Clara Mercer·

For anyone tracking this, the data drops Thursday pre-market.

Ben Grimaldi·

This lines up with what I'm seeing in the LNG tape.

Nils Marchetti·

The footnote disclosure in the last filing supports this read, for what it's worth.