
February Nymex natural gas (NGG26) on Thursday closed up by +0.170 (+3.49%),
Feb nat-gas prices extended this week's parabolic rally on Thursday, climbing to a 3-year nearest-futures high. Natural gas prices have surged more than 60% over the last three days on forecasts of Arctic weather invading the US, boosting heating demand and potentially disrupting US gas production as water freezes in pipelines. According to AccuWeather, a massive Arctic cold front will descend into the US as far south as Texas, bringing below-normal temperatures to more than 150 million people across 24 states.