Market Information: Oil & Natural Gas

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Friday, February 3, 2012

North Texas Sweet
The spot futures contracts for crude opened today at $96.61 for March contracts; that price is +$0.25 from Thursday's close of $96.36.

The natural gas markets opened today at $2.55 for March contracts; that price is unchanged from Thursday's close of $2.55.

Physical gas delivery prices for Friday, February 3, 2012:

Henry Hub	$2.31
Houston Ship Channel	$2.20
Katy Hub	$2.24
NGPL Midcont.	$2.23
NGPL TX/OK	$2.24
Waha Hub	$2.25

North Texas crude oil posted prices as reported to the Alliance on Friday, February 3, 2012 were:

Company	Price	Effective Date
ConocoPhillips	$92.98	2-2-12
Geer	$93.00	2-2-12
Plains Mkt.	$93.00	2-2-12
Shell Trading	$92.50	2-2-12
Sunoco Logistics	$92.75	2-2-12
Valero	$92.75	2-2-12

Futures trading Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed at $97.84 for March crude oil contracts; that price is +$1.48 from Thursday's close. The natural gas market closed at $2.49 for March contracts; that price is -$0.06 from Thursday's close.