Robust gas production and storage numbers, coupled with low prices, create a “volatile and tricky” gas market, analyst says. read more
1998
Articles from 1998
Top North American Gas Marketers (Bcf/d)
Weak national demand led all but a handful of companies to see natural gas marketing declines during the second quarter as the total volume sold in North America fell 9% — almost 11 Bcf/d — according to NGI’s 2Q2009 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking. read more
Top North American Gas Marketers (Bcf/d)
Despite a decline in the survey’s top spot, overall natural gas marketing was up 6.2% year over year. read more
Top North American Gas Marketers (Bcf/d)
Marketers reported an overall 4Q2009 decrease of less than 1% from the previous year’s period, but a flood of of production from shale plays could influence the market’s next move. read more
Top North American Gas Marketers (Bcf/d)
Source: Quarterly financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or if necessary, statements signed by company officials and provided to NGI.
Major Producers Will Be the Dancing Elephants Again, Says Investment Banker
It was almost a decade ago when the oil and gas industry saw the beginning of the mega-merger era with BP plc’s acquisition of Amoco (see NGI, Aug. 24, 1998). That deal and the other consolidation plays that followed were triggered by low oil prices as the majors were striving to lower their costs.
Major Producers Will Be the Dancing Elephants Again, Says Investment Banker
It was almost a decade ago when the oil and gas industry saw the beginning of the mega-merger era with BP plc’s acquisition of Amoco (see Daily GPI, Aug. 12, 1998). That deal and the other consolidation plays that followed were triggered by low oil prices as the majors were striving to lower their costs.
M&A Was on A Tear in 2006; Gas Deals Led, Says PwC
Record cash flows pushed deal activity in the oil and gas industry to levels rivaling the mega merger highs of 1998, according to a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Gas deals dominated the list of the largest transactions in 2006, with six out of the eight upstream deals in the top 10 deal list. This was in contrast to the previous year when only two deals in the top 10 of all deals and four of the top 10 of upstream deals were gas-dominated.
Gas Deals Led Robust 2006 M&A, Says PwC
Record cash flows pushed deal activity in the oil and gas industry to levels rivaling the mega merger highs of 1998, according to a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Gas deals dominated the list of the largest transactions in 2006, with six out of the eight upstream deals in the top 10 deal list. This was in contrast to the previous year when only two deals in the top 10 of all deals and four of the top 10 of upstream deals were gas-dominated.
CMS Energy to Pay $200M in ‘Round-Trip’ Shareholder Suits
CMS Energy said Friday it agreed to pay $200 million to settle shareholder class action lawsuits related to “round-trip” trades made by a Texas subsidiary in 2000-2002.