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Leticia Gonzales

Leticia Gonzales joined Natural Gas Intelligence as a markets contributor in 2014 after nine years at S&P Global Platts, where she was involved in producing the daily and forward price indexes for U.S. electricity and natural gas markets. She joined NGI full time in 2019 to cover North American natural gas markets and news and in 2021 was appointed Price & Markets Editor. In this role, Leticia oversees NGI's Daily Gas Price Index, including the process for calculating, monitoring, and publishing its natural gas daily prices.

North America’s Associated Natural Gas Recovery Not Seen Before 2022

North America’s Associated Natural Gas Recovery Not Seen Before 2022

Covid-19 has upended oil and gas markets across the globe, but North America is expected to account for roughly half of the decline in global associated natural gas output this year, with a slow recovery not forecast until 2022. According to projections by Rystad Energy, led by researcher Carlos Torres Diaz, head of Gas &…

June 24, 2020
Vatican Calls for Carbon Tax, Investing in Alternative Energy

Vatican Calls for Carbon Tax, Investing in Alternative Energy

The Vatican has for the first time issued comprehensive environmental guidelines aimed at reducing pollution, decarbonizing the energy sector and investing in renewable energy. In a document titled, “Journeying for the Care of the Common Home,” the Vatican called for the reform of fossil fuel subsidies and the taxation of carbon dioxide emissions. It also…

June 23, 2020
Low U.S. LNG Export Capacity Utilization Seen Continuing Through August

Low U.S. LNG Export Capacity Utilization Seen Continuing Through August

After soaring to record levels in March, natural gas deliveries to U.S. export facilities plummeted by more than half only two months later as Covid-19 amplified demand destruction resulting from a mild winter, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA said feed gas deliveries to liquefied natural gas (LNG) production terminals fell to…

June 23, 2020
Western Canada Shipping Less Natural Gas to U.S. Amid Improved In-Basin Pricing

Western Canada Shipping Less Natural Gas to U.S. Amid Improved In-Basin Pricing

Natural gas flowing from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin to the western United States languished in April and May as higher prices north of the border kept supplies in the country, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA said that Canadian imports through western pipelines fell to an estimated average of 6.2…

June 23, 2020
Warming Climate Seen Bulking Up Natural Gas Storage

Warming Climate Seen Bulking Up Natural Gas Storage

An increasingly hot climate does not bode well for U.S. natural gas, as a projected 0.1% decline in average degree days forecast over the next 10 years is expected to boost storage inventories by an additional 600 Bcf, according to analysts at Raymond James & Associates Inc. Using data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

June 22, 2020
Natural Gas Forward Prices Driven Lower by Weak Cash; Heat Crucial to Sustained Recovery

Natural Gas Forward Prices Driven Lower by Weak Cash; Heat Crucial to Sustained Recovery

With much of the supply/demand background fairly stable, weak natural gas cash pricing drove a deep dive lower for forward markets during the June 11-17 period, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Double-digit decreases extended across North America through the rest of summer, though smaller losses were seen further out the curve.

June 19, 2020
Higher Canadian Natural Gas Prices Seen Limiting Exports to Western U.S.

Higher Canadian Natural Gas Prices Seen Limiting Exports to Western U.S.

Imports of Canadian natural gas supplies through the western United States were subdued in April and May amid higher prices north of the border, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

June 19, 2020
Weak Natural Gas Cash Prices Bleed into Forward Curves; Weather Seen Key to Near-Term Direction

Weak Natural Gas Cash Prices Bleed into Forward Curves; Weather Seen Key to Near-Term Direction

With much of the supply/demand background fairly stable, weak natural gas cash pricing drove a deep dive lower for forward markets during the June 11-17 period, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Double-digit decreases extended across North America through the rest of summer, though smaller losses were seen further out the curve.

June 18, 2020
Oil Export Growth Continuing at South Texas Corpus Port Despite Covid-19

Oil Export Growth Continuing at South Texas Corpus Port Despite Covid-19

Crude exports from the Port of Corpus Christi in South Texas are continuing to boom even amidst the coronavirus pandemic, and projects and enhancements appear poised to solidify its dominance along the Gulf Coast.

June 17, 2020
‘Inevitable’ Downturn Seen in U.S. NGL Production, but Midstreamers Appear Optimistic

‘Inevitable’ Downturn Seen in U.S. NGL Production, but Midstreamers Appear Optimistic

A sharp recovery in natural gas liquids (NGL) production projected in the Permian Basin won’t be enough to stave off a dramatic decline in overall U.S. output, which Rystad Energy is forecasting will tumble to under 4.2 b/d in 2021.

June 17, 2020