Forward strip pricing, tracked over time
The NYMEX forward curves for WTI crude oil and Henry Hub natural gas as Aspen has recorded them, one snapshot per month, going back more than a decade. Realized monthly spot prices from the EIA are shown alongside so each strip can be judged against what the market actually delivered.
NYMEX forward curves and EIA realized spot
Use the slider to move between strip dates, switch to Strip history to see how the 12-, 36- and 60-month strips have moved, or open the Table view for the month-by-month prices behind the selected curve.
What the chart shows
Forward strips
Each curve is the NYMEX settlement for every listed contract month on a given day: WTI light sweet crude in dollars per barrel and Henry Hub natural gas in dollars per MMBtu. New strips are added on the first trading day of each month from CME Group settlement data.
Realized spot
The dashed line is the monthly average spot price published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration — WTI at Cushing, Oklahoma and Henry Hub, Louisiana — so a strip from any date can be compared with the prices that followed.
Strip history
The 12-, 36- and 60-month strips are the simple averages of the first 12, 36 and 60 contract months of each curve. They are the figures most often used in reserve evaluations, bank price decks and hedging decisions.
Prices are shown for general information only and are not a recommendation to buy or sell any commodity or security. Settlement data © CME Group; spot prices from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Aspen Operating Company makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the data.
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