Andrew joined NGI in 2018 to support coverage of Mexico’s newly liberalized oil and gas sector, and his role has since expanded to include the rest of North America. Before joining NGI, Andrew covered Latin America’s hydrocarbon and electric power industries from 2014 to 2018 for Business News Americas in Santiago, Chile. He speaks fluent Spanish, and holds a B.A. in journalism and mass communications from the University of Minnesota.
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Oil Demand, Prices Unlikely to Hit Pre-Covid Levels Before 2022, Says Kansas City Fed Survey
Oil demand and prices are unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels until 2022 or 2023, according to the latest quarterly energy survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The Kansas City Fed, as it is known, every quarter surveys current and expected energy activity across the Midcontinent, as well as expectations for…
October 12, 2020
Court Rejects Obama-Era Methane Rule on Oil, Natural Gas Leases
A federal judge on Thursday overturned an Obama-era rule from 2016 designed to curb methane emissions from associated natural gas on federal and tribal lands, indicating the Department of Interior (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) overstepped its bounds by attempting to regulate air pollution. The rule in question is the Waste Prevention, Production Subject…
October 9, 2020
Harris Says Fracking Ban Off the Table as VP Candidates Each Give Nod to Natural Gas Importance
A Biden administration will not ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) if he wins the November election, his vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris (CA), said repeatedly during a debate with Vice President Pence Wednesday night. Energy and climate change figured more prominently during Wednesday’s contest in Salt Lake City than in the chaotic presidential debate that…
October 8, 2020
‘Joe Biden Will Not Ban Fracking,’ Says Harris in VP Debate
A Biden administration will not ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) if he wins the November election, his vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris (CA), said repeatedly during a debate with Vice President Pence Wednesday night. Energy and climate change figured more prominently during Wednesday’s contest in Salt Lake City than in the chaotic presidential debate that…
October 8, 2020
Onshore Natural Gas, Offshore Oil Said Most Vulnerable to Federal Drilling Curbs if Biden Wins
Curtailed oil and natural gas drilling on federal property under a Joseph R. Biden Jr. presidency would mainly affect production of onshore natural gas and offshore oil, according to new analysis by Moody’s Investors Service. Onshore acreage accounted for 69% of natural gas output from federal leases in 2019, while the Gulf of Mexico (GOM)…
October 6, 2020
Mexico’s CFE Declares Final Leg of Waha-to-Guadalajara Natural Gas Pipeline In-Service
Mexico’s state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) last Thursday announced the long-awaited start of commercial operations on Fermaca’s 886 MMcf/d Villa de Reyes-Aguascalientes-Guadalajara (VAG) pipeline system. VAG constitutes the final leg of Fermaca’s larger Waha-to-Guadalajara or “Wahalajara” system, which transports gas from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the industrial center of…
October 5, 2020
Oil, Natural Gas Industry Said ‘Exploiting’ Federal Relief through Historic Borrowing Spree
The oil and natural gas industry has embarked on a lavish borrowing spree this year, underpinned by a federal bailout of corporate debt markets in response to Covid-19, a new analysis has found. Oil and gas companies, already in dire financial straits before the pandemic, have issued $99.3 billion in debt in U.S. markets since…
October 2, 2020
Colorado’s Ambitious GHG Reduction ‘Roadmap’ Targeting Energy, Transport Sector Emissions
Colorado is proposing a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution Reduction Roadmap for the next decade, with fossil fuel use by cars and methane emissions from oil and gas operations squarely in the crosshairs. The draft plan issued Wednesday targets a 26% reduction in total GHG pollution from 2005 levels by 2025, and a 50% reduction by…
October 1, 2020
Mexico Financial Authorities Warn of Additional Pemex Downgrade as Pandemic Rages On
Additional credit rating downgrades of Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and of the sovereign are among the biggest internal risks facing the country’s economy as it struggles to emerge from a still-raging coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn, according to local authorities. In its latest summary of risks facing the economy issued Tuesday, Mexico’s…
September 30, 2020
Mexico Natural Gas Imports Touch Historic High in September Despite Pandemic
Pipeline natural gas flows from the United States to Mexico have averaged an estimated 6.2 Bcf/d so far in September, up from 5.5 Bcf/d in full-month September 2019, according to Genscape inc. “Barring backward revisions from any of the major pipelines we monitor, this figure already sets a new historical record in monthly volumes,” Genscape’s…
September 28, 2020