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EIA said in its weekly report, citing shipping data provided by Bloomberg Finance, that the total capacity of these 37 LNG vessels is 139 Bcf.
This compares to 33 LNG vessels and 117 Bcf in the week ending January 14.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass plant shipped nine LNG cargoes, and the company’s Corpus Christi facility sent six shipments during the week ending January 21, according to the report.
Moreover, Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines terminal sent eight shipments, while its Calcasieu Pass facility and Sempra Infrastructure’s Cameron LNG terminal each shipped four cargoes.
The Cove Point facility and the Freeport LNG terminal each sent three cargoes during the week under review.
There were no shipments from the Elba Island LNG facility.
Henry Hub jumps
EIA reported that the Henry Hub spot price rose $1.86 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) from $3.12/MMBtu last Wednesday to $4.98/MMBtu this Wednesday due to cooling temperatures.
According to the agency, the price of the February 2026 NYMEX contract increased $1.76, from $3.120/MMBtu last Wednesday to $4.875/MMBtu this Wednesday.
The price of the 12-month strip averaging February 2026 through January 2027 futures contracts climbed 65 cents to $3.970/MMBtu.
EIA said the increase in futures prices is mostly a reaction to anticipated changes in 2026 storage balances and so far has not had a material influence on prices in the longer-dated part of the curve.
TTF averaged $12.40/MMBtu
The agency said that international natural gas futures increased this report week.
Bloomberg Finance reported that average front-month futures prices for LNG cargoes in East Asia increased $1.14/MMBtu to a weekly average of $10.73/MMBtu.
Natural gas futures for delivery at the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) in the Netherlands increased $2.18/MMBtu to a weekly average of $12.40/MMBtu.
In the same week last year (week ending January 22, 2025), the prices were $14.01/MMBtu in East Asia and $14.57/MMBtu at TTF.
Reduced European Union storage, down to 48 percent on January 20 compared with the five-year average of 63 percent, is a key driver of rising prices at TTF, according to Gas Storage Europe’s Aggregated Gas Storage Inventory.
