Attendees

The energy industry is at the “dawning of the natural gas era,” but “federal regulatory overreach” threatens to crimp development of the Lone Star State’s gas and oil reserves, attendees at the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute’s (TCCRI) Houston Energy Summit were told Thursday.

The energy industry is at the “dawning of the natural gas era,” but “federal regulatory overreach” threatens to crimp development of the Lone Star State’s gas and oil reserves, attendees at the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute’s (TCCRI) Houston Energy Summit were told Thursday.

A rebound in U.S. natural gas prices and drilling activity may be three or four years away, a Wood Mackenzie energy analyst told attendees at the Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s Rocky Mountain Energy Epicenter Conference.

“Too little gas in storage is a very dangerous thing,” Houston analyst Arthur Gelber, told attendees at the LDC Forum in Atlanta Tuesday.

Despite the volatility the natural gas market has experienced over the last few weeks, Anadarko CEO Robert J. Allison, Jr. assured attendees at the tenth annual John S. Herold Pacesetters Energy Conference in Greenwich, CT, that his company has not made any major changes in its business plan. He added that just like they always do, “gas markets will self-correct.”

With 87% of its reserves in gas, Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEOAubrey McClendon said his company is “a natural gas company onpurpose.” McClendon told attendees at the PLS Dealmakers prospectconference in Houston Wednesday that both the supply and demandsides look very bright for gas producers, especially relative tooil.