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Mid-Week Natural Gas Report - September Futures (NGU26 @ 2.830) | 08.26.2026

  • Writer: Timothy Beggans
    Timothy Beggans
  • 3 days ago
  • 1 min read

Tim Beggans covers the bounce in the September contract, key technical levels, tomorrow’s storage print, ERCOT heat-driven gas burn, the Jan–Oct storage spread, expanding U.S. heat risk, Europe/Asia weather and storage, Ras Laffan still offline, U.S. LNG terminal feedgas, and a quiet Atlantic tropics update.


Contract / levels:


Trading near 2.839, up ~6.9¢ (~2.5%)

Approaching 48-period EMA ~2.873

Above daily pivot 2.757

First resistance now support ~2.817

Testing toward ~2.865


NG Stock Watch List Oil & Gas EMP Sector

Market Cap 2-10B, short float over 10%

BKV | CNX | CRGY | CRK | MTDR | NOG


Storage (tomorrow):


Expected +22 Bcf vs last year +17 and 5-year average +33 (neutral)


Timestamps:

0:00 – Open & September contract bounce


0:53 – Hourly chart, pivot & resistance/support


1:20 – ERCOT demand, low renewables, gas share of fuel mix


1:48 – National power prices


2:17 – Jan vs October storage spread


2:59 – U.S. heat-risk maps


4:01 – Extended temperature models into early September


4:58 – 6-10 day, 8-14 day & September monthly outlooks


5:34 – Europe weather + EU/UK/NL storage


6:29 – JKM / Asia temperatures


7:18 – Ras Laffan offline + Strait of Hormuz


8:16 – U.S. LNG terminals (Cameron through Golden Pass)


9:16 – Atlantic tropics, SSTs, Gulf


10:42 – Saharan air layer


11:03 – Lake Mead / West drought


11:24 – E&P stock watch list (BKV, CNX, CRGY, CRK, MTDR, NOG)


11:54 – Recap, storage preview (+22 Bcf), close


 
 
 

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