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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NGI The Weekly Gas Market Report
JPMorgan Selling Physical Commodities Business to Mercuria for $3.5B
Following through on a promise it made last year, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Wednesday it will sell its physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. in a $3.5 billion all-cash transaction. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter, subject to regulatory approvals.
March 19, 2014
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Underground NatGas Found in Unusual Concentration Near East Harlem Blast Site
Natural gas has been found in unusual concentrations in the ground near the site of an explosion that killed seven people in New York City last week, a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) official said.
March 17, 2014
Largest NatGas Marketers Lead Trading Decline in 4Q and Full Year 2013
Natural gas marketers continued to report significant declines in sales in the last three months of 2013 compared with 4Q2012, and the top three marketers — BP plc, Shell Energy NA and ConocoPhillips — were among those with the largest declines, according to NGI’s 4Q2013 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking.
March 14, 2014
Con Edison: No NatGas Odor Complaints in Months Prior to East Harlem Explosion
Despite some media reports to the contrary, there were no complaints about possible gas leaks from residents of the two buildings destroyed by an explosion and fire in New York City Wednesday in the months preceding the incident, other than one called in just minutes before the blast, according to Con Edison and New York City officials.
March 13, 2014
Gas Leak Believed Cause of Fatal East Harlem Explosion
An explosion and the collapse of two buildings Wednesday morning that resulted in at least two deaths in the East Harlem section of New York City are believed to have been caused by a natural gas leak.
March 12, 2014
End-of-March NatGas Inventory to Fall Below 1 Tcf, EIA Predicts
Weather from October to February east of the Rocky Mountains was significantly colder than last winter — and colder than the average for the past 10 years — and the resulting surge in natural gas consumption will drive working inventories at the end of March down to 965 Bcf, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). But don’t expect higher natural gas prices, the agency said.
March 11, 2014
Less Than 1 Tcf of NatGas in Storage by End of March, EIA Says
Weather from October to February east of the Rocky Mountains was significantly colder than last winter — and colder than the average for the past 10 years — and the resulting surge in natural gas consumption will drive working inventories at the end of March down to 965 Bcf, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). But don’t expect higher natural gas prices, the agency said.
March 11, 2014
DC Council Opposes George Washington National Forest Fracking
The Council of the District of Columbia has approved a resolution expressing “the sense of the Council that the United States Forest Service should prohibit horizontal hydraulic fracturing [fracking] in the George Washington National Forest [GWNF] to protect regional water quality and supply.”
March 7, 2014
INGAA Says ‘Significantly Higher’ Investment Needed for NatGas Infrastructure
Investment in natural gas infrastructure over the next two decades “will need to be significantly higher” than previously estimated, according to an Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) Foundation assessment due out later this month, INGAA CEO Don Santa said.
March 6, 2014
FERC, CFTC Put Information Sharing MOUs In Action
FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have begun transmitting market data under terms of a pair of memoranda of understanding (MOU) to address overlapping jurisdiction and information sharing for use in analyzing market activities and protecting market integrity, the heads of the two regulatory agencies said Wednesday.
March 5, 2014