Natural Gas
August 31, 2026
Platts launches Moss Bluff Hub daily natural gas index
Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, has launched a new Moss Bluff Hub daily natural gas index, effective for trade date Aug. 31 and flow date Sept. 1, 2026.
This launch follows a methodology proposal published July 7, 2026, available here, and a decision published July 28, available here.
The specifications for the new location index are as follows:
Moss Bluff Hub (daily market only): Deliveries into and out of interstate and intrastate pipelines at the Moss Bluff Hub in Liberty County, Texas. Pipelines include Texas Eastern Transmission, Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, Houston Pipe Line, Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline, Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, and the Enterprise Texas Intrastate System (including the Channel system). Included are deliveries and receipts into and out of Moss Bluff storage.
The new symbols for Moss Bluff Hub are as follows:
| Name of Indices | Description of Symbol | Market Data Category | Bates Published | Symbol |
| Final Daily Indices By Trade Date | Index and Common Range | GD | h,l,u,w | IGBST00 |
| Absolute Range | GD | h,l | IGBST20 | |
| Deal Count | GD | u | BGBST00 | |
| Cash Basis | GD | c | GCBST00 | |
| Preliminary Daily Indices By Trade Date | Index and Common Range | GI | h, l, c, w | PXBST00 |
| Absolute Range | GI | h,l | PXBST20 | |
| Deal Count | GI | u | PMBST00 | |
| Final Daily Indices By Flow Date | Index and Common Range | GD | h, l, u, w | IGBST21 |
| Absolute Range | GD | h.l | IGBST22 | |
| Deal Count | GD | u | BGBST21 | |
| Weekly Average | GD | h,l,u | IGBST04 | |
| Monthly Average | GD | u,w | IGBST06 | |
| Monthly Average | GD | u | IGBST08 | |
| Preliminary Daily Indices By Flow Date | Index and Common Range | GI | h, l, c, w | PNBST21 |
| Absolute Range | GI | h,l | POBST22 | |
| Deal Count | GI | u | PPBST21 | |
| Weekly Average | GI | h,l,c | PRBST04 | |
| Monthly Average | GI | c | PSBST06 |
Other symbols under this launch include:
| Description of Symbol | Symbol |
| Preliminary Mean | ATVE241 |
| Preliminary Standard Deviation | ATVE242 |
| ICE Price Reporter Trades | DGBST50 |
| ICE Non-Price Reporter Trades | DGBST51 |
| Non-ICE Trades | DGBST52 |
The prices are available in Gas Daily, Energy Trader, Inside FERC's Gas Market Report, and in the fixed pages PGN0610, AGP0120, PGN1305, AGP0610, PGN1395 and AGP0611.
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