The United States has 2,384 Tcf of technically recoverable natural gas, the Potential Gas Committee (PGC) and the American Gas Association (AGA) said Tuesday. That’s more reserves than the PGC has calculated in its 48-year history and beats the previous high seen in 2010 by 486 Tcf.
American
Articles from American
AGA Seeks Guidance on Physical Contracts Under Dodd-Frank
To ensure compliance with Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations, the American Gas Association (AGA) has asked the agency to clarify the extent to which non-financial contracts for the physical delivery of natural gas are within the scope of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act’s regulation of “swaps.”
Business Roundtable: Energy Self-Sufficiency ‘Within Reach’
North American energy self-suffiency “is within reach,” but an energy strategy that capitalizes on U.S. advantages must be implemented, Business Roundtable (BRT), a group of CEOs of U.S. companies, said Monday.
AEP Agrees to Close Three Coal Units in Settlement
Columbus, OH-based American Electric Power (AEP) on Monday agreed to close or refuel units at three Midwest coal-fired electric generation plants and fill at least part of the lost capacity with renewable-based power supplies. Environmental groups hailed the move as a “victory for clean air.”
Portion of Trunkline Could Be Bakken Oil Bridge to Gulf
Enbridge Inc. and Energy Transfer are planning to develop a pipeline to carry crude oil from Western Canada and the Bakken Shale, by way of the Patoka, IL, hub to the eastern Gulf Coast in a project that would convert portions of the Trunkline Gas Co. LLC natural gas system to oil service.
Industry Briefs
Natural gas drilling continued to decline in 4Q2012, despite an uptick in exploratory gas drilling for the period, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said. “In the year-to-date comparison, gas well completions have decreased 26%” to 9,752 wells in 2012 from 13,128 wells in 2011, said API, which represents major oil and gas producers. At the same time, oil drilling rose in the period, with exploratory and development wells up 15% and 16% respectively from year-ago figures. “The oil and natural gas industry expanded oil drilling in 2012, thanks in large part to access on private and state lands,” said API statistics director Hazem Arafa. A year-to-date comparison of oil wells drilled yields a 25% increase in total well completions between 2011 and 2012 (26,213 to 32,652).
API: Natural Gas Drilling Fell 26% in 2012
Natural gas drilling continued to decline in the fourth quarter, despite an uptick in exploratory gas drilling for the period, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said in a report on well completions for the quarter.
Industry Briefs
Natural gas drilling continued to decline in the fourth quarter, despite an uptick in exploratory drilling, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said in a report on well completions. “In the year-to-date comparison, gas well completions have decreased 26%” to 9,752 wells in 2012 from 13,128 wells in 2011. At the same time, oil well drilling rose, with exploratory and development wells showing a 15% and 16% increase respectively from 4Q2011 numbers. “The oil and natural gas industry expanded oil drilling in 2012, thanks in large part to access on private and state lands,” said API Statistics Director Hazem Arafa. A year-to-date comparison of oil wells drilled yields a 25% increase in total well completions between 2011 and 2012 (26,213 to 32,652).
Credit Suisse Predicts Gas Prices Will Rise in 2013
Forecasting a decline in production setting in during 2013, Credit Suisse’s head of energy commodities research believes North American natural gas prices are due for a rebound from 2012 levels.
Credit Suisse Predicts Gas Prices Will Rise in 2013
Forecasting a decline in production setting in during 2013, Credit Suisse’s head of energy commodities research believes North American natural gas prices are due for a rebound from 2012 levels.