Christopher joined NGI as a Senior Editor for Mexico and Latin America in November, 2018. Prior to that, he was a Senior Editorial Manager at BNamericas in Santiago, Chile. Based out of Santiago, he has covered Latin American energy markets since 2009 as a reporter, editor and analyst. He has an MA in International Economic Policy from Columbia University and a BA in International Studies from Trinity College.
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North American Natural Gas Futures Stubbornly Above $9 as Shoulder Season Kicks Off — Mexico Spotlight
North American natural gas futures were up and down this week as the prompt month changed hands, but remained above the $9/MMBtu mark. On Wednesday, the October Nymex gas futures contract rose 8.5 cents day/day to settle at $9.127. November futures climbed 8.6 cents to $9.189. “The market has certainly been very resilient, with any…
September 1, 2022
Lack of Natural Gas Storage Said Major Threat to Mexico Energy Security
Mexico urgently needs to develop the fortitude of its natural gas industry, according to a new diagnostic analysis by local think tank Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad, aka IMCO. According to their research, Mexico natural gas demand grew 63% in the last decade and a half, hitting 8.27 Bcf/d last year. Starting in 2020, natural…
August 31, 2022
Amigo LNG Looks to Leverage Offtake Interest, Pipeline Capacity to Fast-Track Mexico Project
Mexico’s LNG space continues to grow with a new project called Amigo near the port of Guaymas in Sonora expecting a final investment decision by next February. “The fundamental driver behind the project is offtake interest in Asia, especially in India,” CEO Muthu Chezhian of Singapore-based LNG Alliance Ltd. told NGI’s Mexico GPI. India is…
August 29, 2022
North American LNG Muscling Way Into Natural Gas Volatility – Mexico Spotlight
The Freeport LNG facility in Texas once again rocked North American natural gas markets this week with news that its 2 Bcf/d restart would be delayed by a few weeks. North American futures prices crumbled on the news on Tuesday, before regaining some ground on Wednesday amid higher power demand. The September New York Mercantile…
August 25, 2022
Brazil’s Petrobras Seeing Continued Drop in LNG Imports, Natural Gas Demand
Brazilian national oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) saw falling natural gas demand and the need for fewer LNG cargoes for the second consecutive quarter as rainfall continued to replenish the nation’s reservoirs. Natural gas demand dropped to 56 million cubic meters/day (MMm3/d) in the second quarter, compared to 83 MMm3/d in the same period…
August 23, 2022
Pennsylvania Natural Gas Production Dips for Second Consecutive Quarter
Unconventional natural gas production in Pennsylvania declined again in the second quarter, according to the state’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO). The 0.9% year/year decrease to 1.836 Tcf marks the first time that production recorded a yearly decline in consecutive quarters since quarterly production data became available in 2015, IFO said. Production fell 0.6% in the…
August 23, 2022
American Noble Begins Sales from Hugoton Natural Gas Field in Kansas
American Noble Gas Inc. is ready to sell output from an exploratory well near Garden City at the Hugoton natural gas field in Haskell and Finney Counties, KS. The initial well was connected to the gathering system on August 11, which marked the beginning of the flow of natural gas and helium for commercial sales,…
August 22, 2022
North American Natural Gas Trading ‘Pure Chaos,’ but Futures Still Above $9 – Mexico Spotlight
Natural gas futures prices in North America continue to be elevated this week amid a lack of clarity surrounding the overall supply picture. NatGasWeather called Thursday’s trading “pure chaos” as traders reacted to a small U.S. storage build for last week. Prices for September’s New York Mercantile Exchange contract bounced all over the place before…
August 18, 2022
Opal Fuels Expanding Renewable Natural Gas Capacity, Upping Sales
Opal Fuels Inc., a vertically integrated waste-to-energy company focused on renewable natural gas (RNG), saw fuel sales jump in the first half of the year. During the first six months of the year the White Plains, NY-based company sold 14.3 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) of transportation fuel, of which 13.1 million GGEs were RNG.…
August 18, 2022
NFE Planning to Deploy Fast LNG Tech in Mexico
New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) is looking to develop up to four fast LNG (FLNG) projects offshore Mexico’s Gulf Coast amid the global natural gas supply crunch, management said during an earnings call last week. This is in addition to the company’s first FLNG project currently under development offshore Louisiana. At the port of Altamira,…
August 12, 2022