Former FERC Chairman Chatterjee Sees LNG Permit Pathways Improving, but DOE Pause Clouds Outlook

While regulatory uncertainty from the Department of Energy (DOE) hangs over U.S. LNG development, former FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee sees the pathway for permitting at the Commission improving. The liquefied natural gas industry’s focus has largely been pulled to the DOE since January, when the Biden administration ordered the agency to study the impact of…

Even as Production Falls, Natural Gas Futures Fail to Extend Rally a Fifth Session; Cash Prices Climb

Price bulls, galvanized by continued production drops, powered natural gas futures close to a fifth consecutive gain on Wednesday before they fizzled in afternoon trading amid profit-taking. The June Nymex gas futures contract ultimately settled at $2.187/MMBtu, down 2.0 cents day/day. At A Glance: Output slips close to 95 Bcf/d Weather to shift in bears’…

May 8, 2024

NFE Expects First Cargo From Offshore Mexico LNG Project in June

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) expects its floating LNG (FLNG) platform offshore Altamira, Mexico to produce first volumes later this month after experiencing a mechanical issue in April. NFE management in the first quarter earnings report said that the first cargo could be loaded at the liquefied natural gas facility in June. The company previously…

May 8, 2024

Rally Running Out of Steam for NatGas Futures; Cash Mixed — MidDay Market Snapshot

Natural gas futures were lower through midday trading Wednesday, retreating sharply from early highs as the market continued to wrestle with a mixed fundamental outlook underscored by an enduring storage overhang. Here’s the latest: June Nymex futures down 2.4 cents to $2.183/MMBtu as of 2:11 p.m. ET; July off fractionally at $2.469 The rally that…

May 8, 2024

Williams CEO Says Natural Gas Demand Accelerating, but ‘Oversupplied’ Market Needs to be ‘Patient’ 

Williams executives are expecting strong growth for natural gas consumption in the years ahead, but said those levels of demand may not come “quite as quickly as a lot of people think,” and, in one case, that demand was not enough to overcome opposition to a pipeline project. “Natural gas demand is not just growing…

May 8, 2024