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.
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So Long, DUCs; PUCs Are The Future as Drilling Pace in Permian May Not Be Sustainable
The pace of drilling activity in the Permian Basin cannot be sustained as a lack of takeaway capacity will inevitably lead to a backlog of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells in the Permian Basin (PUC), some analysts say.
February 21, 2017
March NatGas Forwards Shed Average of 18 Cents on Storage, Weather
A lower-than-expected natural gas storage withdrawal and forecasts for continued mild weather for much of the rest of the month sent March natural gas forward prices down an average of 18 cents between Feb. 10 and 16, according to NGI Forward Look.
February 17, 2017
Technical Support, Forecast For Prolonged Northeast Cold Boosts NatGas Forwards
Renewed buying interest after the previous week’s slide in natural gas prices, as well as supportive news on the weather front, sent natural gas forward prices up across the curve.
February 10, 2017
NatGas Forwards Perk Up on Technical Support, Expectations of Extended Northeast Cold
Renewed buying interest after the previous week’s slide in natural gas prices, as well as supportive news on the weather front, sent natural gas forward prices up across the curve.
February 10, 2017
11 Bcf/d of Greenfield Appalachia Projects Face Challenges, Some Delays
Even as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission greenlighted a slew of natural gas pipeline projects last week that would bring online more than 5 Bcf/d of takeaway capacity, infrastructure development will face headwinds amid ongoing regulatory uncertainty, drilling location availability and slower production growth, according to BTU Analytics’ Matthew Hoza, senior natural gas analyst.
February 9, 2017
The Winter That Wasn’t: March NatGas Forwards Erode on Lack of Weather
March natural gas futures and forwards markets slid nearly 20 cents on average between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2 as the market brushed off news that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Groundhog’s Day, theoretically indicating there would be six more weeks of winter, according to NGI’s Forward Look.
February 6, 2017
Forget Phil, Forecasts Indicate Winter All But History; March NatGas Forwards Slide On Average 19 Cents
March natural gas futures and forwards markets slid nearly 20 cents on average between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2 as the market brushed off news that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Groundhog’s Day, theoretically indicating there would be six more weeks of winter, according to NGI’s Forward Look.
February 3, 2017
The Winter That Wasn’t — Again: Lower Production, Strong Demand to Keep March Gas Storage Below Record Levels
Analysts’ estimates on where natural gas storage inventories will wind up come March 31 — the end of the traditional withdrawal season — range widely anywhere from around 1.4 Tcf to 2 Tcf as Mother Nature continues to wreak havoc on an otherwise structurally supported market. But all agree that inventories will not reach the record-setting levels of 2016.
February 1, 2017
Markets ‘Getting Played” by Weather Data, Forecaster Says; Weekend Cold Drives Up NatGas Forwards
A cold weather system that was sweeping across much of the United States helped launch February natural gas forwards markets up an average of 10 cents between Jan. 20 and 26, according to NGI’s Forward Look.
January 27, 2017
Mild Temperatures Result in February NatGas Forwards Price Dip
In a winter marked by extreme natural gas price volatility due to equally extreme gyrations in temperatures, the third week of January proved to be a rather quiet one as February prices fell by 5 cents or so at most market hubs between Jan. 13 and 19, according to NGI’s Forward Look.
January 23, 2017