Kevin Dobbs

Strengthening but still lower production intersected with spring-like weather during February bidweek trading. Natural gas prices varied by region as a result, with swaths of the country impacted by lower supply and posting gains, and others reporting declines amid waning heating demand. Fresh concerns about the durability of the United States’ increasingly prominent LNG export…

Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers on Wednesday, citing the resilience of the U.S. job market and broader economy, left interest rates at elevated levels. This, in turn, could deter borrowing and new investment at a time when natural gas producers are bracing for long-term growth to meet a surge in global LNG demand. At issue: The…

The whopping 326 Bcf of natural gas that utilities pulled from storage in the third week of January amplified concerns that capacity may prove inadequate in coming years as U.S. production further escalates to meet global LNG demand. “As the size of North America’s gas market has ballooned in recent years, storage capacity expansions have…

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) executives trumpeted expectations for robust long-term natural gas demand and U.S. supply growth, both for domestic use and a coming surge in LNG exports from the Gulf Coast to meet mounting global energy needs. “The natural gas story has real legs. We don’t think there’s any question about that,” said Richard…

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) said its natural gas pipeline and storage business expanded substantially late in 2023 and is poised for continued growth in the year ahead. It expects to capitalize on robust natural gas production and expectations for exponential growth in export demand in the back half of the decade. The Houston-based midstream giant…

Natural gas futures and cash prices surged early in the new year – bolstered by a barrage of winter freezes and production hits – then flopped amid forecasts for a return to benign weather and uncertainty about the trendline for supply. Several analysts expect the rollercoaster ride to endure – at least for the near…

Utilities still have an abundance of natural gas in underground storage from which to draw upon for winter heating needs – even after back-to-back triple-digit storage pulls to start the new year. Supplies in both the East and Midwest, though, are shrinking and poised to further dwindle following the frigid cold shots of mid-January that…

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) said its natural gas pipeline and storage business expanded substantially late in 2023 and is poised for continued growth in the year ahead. It expects to capitalize on robust natural gas production and expectations for exponential growth in export demand in the back half of the decade. The Houston-based midstream giant…

Underground inventories of natural gas, until recently projected to finish winter at historically high levels, are widely expected to drop in coming government readings, a reflection of an extreme weather shift and huge hits to production. Frigid blasts of Arctic air spilled into the Lower 48 late last week and spread across the country. The…