NGI Staff Reports

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight The Ever Given was still stuck in the Suez Canal on Friday afternoon after running aground Tuesday. About 10 tugboats, two dredger vessels and additional machinery and equipment on the banks are working to refloat the massive container ship, according to shipping services firm Leth…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Japan’s Mitsui & Co. Ltd. has agreed for the first time to supply gas utility Hokkaido Gas Co. Ltd. with carbon-neutral LNG. The 64,000 million metric ton cargo is set to arrive later this month. The shipment will be offset with emissions credits and delivered…

In the story, “ConocoPhillips, Pioneer Natural CEOs Preach Discipline as Permian Activity Rebounds,” Pioneer Natural Resources Co.’s free cash flow (FCF) projections were misstated. Pioneer expects to deliver $16 billion of cumulative FCF over the next five to six years, assuming a $55/bbl Brent crude oil price. NGI’s Shale Daily regrets the error.

In an ongoing effort to improve its robust natural gas futures pricing indexes, Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI) is adding three new pricing locations — Agua Dulce, Transco Zone 2 and Transwestern — to our Forward Look curves, effective March 1. As exports moving natural gas south of the border continue to grow, the addition of…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Feed gas nominations to U.S. LNG export terminals are strengthening after frigid temperatures brought operations to a standstill. NGI data showed nominations at 8.66 Bcf early Monday, or roughly 86% of U.S. LNG capacity, according to Wood Mackenzie.  Nominations haven’t bounced back fully as Freeport…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight The Calcasieu Ship Channel and Sabine-Neches Waterway have reopened to vessel traffic after heavy fog blanketed parts of the Gulf Coast. The Texas ports of Freeport and Corpus Christi were also impacted earlier in the week.  Feed gas deliveries have declined this week as a…

Click here to listen to a new episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast. Senior Editor Christopher Lenton, who oversees NGI’s Mexico GPI, and Mexico energy expert David Rosales discuss the evolving Mexican power market and its impacts on the natural gas industry.  Believing that transparent markets empower businesses, economies and communities, NGI works to…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Fog disrupted operations at ports along the Gulf Coast Tuesday, limiting traffic at some LNG terminals. Pilot service was suspended on the Sabine-Neches Waterway and the Calcasieu Ship Channel (CSC), according to Moran Shipping. Service resumed later in the day on the CSC.  Feed gas…

Click here to listen to a new episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast. Senior Editor Christopher Lenton, who oversees NGI’s Mexico GPI, and Mexico energy expert David Rosales discuss the evolving Mexican power market and its impacts on the natural gas industry.  Believing that transparent markets empower businesses, economies and communities, NGI works to…