LNG

NO. 1: A gas leak at the Hammerfest LNG export terminal in Norway that occurred during maintenance has shut the plant down until Friday. The facility, which is operated by Equinor ASA was evacuated Tuesday, and the leak has since been stopped. The cause is under investigation. Hammerfest is Europe’s only large-scale export terminal. It…

Earnings

Range Resources Corp. kept natural gas production steady through the first quarter, even as others pulled back, and it expects to maintain the same pace through 2024. The Appalachian Basin pure play’s executives reiterated to analysts during a call to discuss first quarter earnings on Wednesday that they intend to hold output flat this year.…

LNG

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast. Neil Chatterjee, a former FERC chairman and commissioner, joins NGI’s Jamison Cocklin, managing editor of LNG, to discuss the political and regulatory aspects of President Biden’s pause on authorizing new liquefied natural gas export projects. Chatterjee, an environmental and energy attorney…

Natural Gas Prices

The latest natural gas storage report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) surprised the market with a bigger-than-expected 92 Bcf injection for the week ended April 19. Natural gas futures initially responded by trading lower before narrowing their day/day decline. The May Nymex contract was trading 3.6 cents lower day/day at around $1.617/MMBtu in…