David Bradley joined the staff of NGI in June, 2007 following eight years of news reporting for Northern Virginia newspapers and more than a dozen years in the telecommunications industry. He received his bachelor's degree in Communications and English from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA., and his master's degree in Information Management from Marymount University in Arlington, VA. David retired in August 2020.
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International Coalition Wants SEC to Reissue Dodd-Frank Disclosure Rule
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should reissue an implementing rule for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that would require disclosure of payments made to governments worldwide for the rights to extract natural gas, oil and other natural resources, according to Publish What You Pay (PWYP), a London-based affiliation of 544 groups.
April 14, 2014
NatGas Reserves Stumbled, Crude Oil Surged in 2012, EIA Says
U.S. crude oil reserves in 2012 surged to their highest level since 1976, but low natural gas prices drove down gas proved reserves for the first time since 1998, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday.
April 11, 2014
CSU Forecasters Expect Below-Average Tropical Storm Activity This Year
An El Nino event — the warming of water temperatures in the central and equatorial Pacific Ocean — is likely to limit the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic Basin this year, according to forecasters at Colorado State University (CSU), more good news for the U.S. natural gas industry, which is increasingly insulated from the impact of tropical storms.
April 11, 2014
Low Prices Gave NatGas Reserves a Haircut in 2012
U.S. crude oil reserves in 2012 surged to their highest level since 1976, but low natural gas prices drove down gas proved reserves for the first time in 14 years, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday.
April 10, 2014
Regulators Ponder Individual NatGas Trader Rights in Corporate Settlements
They’ve agreed to work out jurisdictional gray areas in connection with market surveillance and investigations, but there are still differences in FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) approaches to enforcement, according to officials from the two agencies and an attorney who has represented defendants in enforcement proceedings.
April 9, 2014
NGI The Weekly Gas Market Report
EIA Expects Nearly 2,600 Bcf NatGas Injection Season
Unusually cold weather that remained in place over portions of the country into the last days of winter helped drive working natural gas in storage to an estimated 826 Bcf at the end of March, the lowest level in 11 years. But a rebuild of nearly 2,600 Bcf over the injection season is expected to push inventories up to 3,422 Bcf by the end of October, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
April 8, 2014
Northeast Prices May Have Marcellus Drillers Heading South, EIA Says
Unusually cold weather that remained in place over portions of the country into the last days of winter helped drive working natural gas in storage to an…
April 8, 2014
Energy Industry Urges CFTC to Revise or Revoke Swap Definition Test
A swap product definition rule approved nearly two years ago by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and particularly the final prong of a seven-part test used to determine if forward contracts with embedded optionality are subject to swaps requirements, need to be clarified or repealed, according to energy industry representatives.
April 3, 2014
New England Senators Want LaFleur to Continue at FERC
A bipartisan group of seven United States Senators representing New England states, led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), is calling on President Obama to re-nominate FERC Acting Chairman Cheryl LaFleur to another term as Commissioner after her current term expires in June.
April 2, 2014
Gas/Electric Day Reconciliation Looms Over FERC Technical Conference
Electric generators and natural gas distributors at FERC's technical conference agreed that the gas industry generally performed well during the unusually cold 2013-2014 winter, though price spikes during those cold snaps need to be researched.
April 1, 2014