Stronger Demand, Higher Prices Lift First-Quarter Earnings for Gas Producers

May 7, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Happier days returned for natural gas producers in the first quarter, as a colder-than-average start to the first quarter, coupled with robust export volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), led to strong demand, higher prices and increased earnings. Quarterly spot prices at Henry Hub, Louisiana, averaged about $4.15 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in the just-completed quarter, approximately $2.02 per