** Shares of U.S. natgas companies are set to end the year on a mixed note due to colder weather forecasts and record gas flows to liquefied natural gas export plants NGA/
** Natural gas has gained more than 4.3% year-to-date
** "Our view for 2026 and beyond is kind of twofold," says Robert DiDona, president of Energy Ventures Analysis. "One is that we see healthy power generation coming from the gas-fired sector to support the electric demand growth, and two is we're about to hit the next wave of the LNG boom."
** However, U.S. natgas futures NGc1 down 5.1% at $3.77 per million British thermal units, pressured by forecasts of above normal temperatures next week
** Expand Energy EXE.O posts the strongest gains among natgas companies, advancing 12.5% YTD
** Williams Companies WMB.N up 11.1% and CNX Resources CNX.N up 2.3% in the year
** Cheniere Energy LNG.N down 10% YTD
** ETFs United States Natural Gas Fund UNG.P down ~22% and ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas BOIL.P down 53.5% YTD
(Reporting by Dharna Bafna)
((Dharna.bafna@thomsonreuters.com))
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