Bonanza

The shale gas bonanza makes a strong case for the expanded use of commodity price management techniques, such as hedging and long-term contracts, a task force argues in a report released Monday.

Give countries with natural gas shale deposits some expertise, and they too could tap into the energy bonanza that has transformed North American gas markets, State Department officials said last week.

Increases in domestic production, new pipeline infrastructure and the shifting sources of imports will create a “bonanza” for natural gas buyers in the Northeast, according to Evergreen, CO-based Bentek Energy, which just released the third part of its three-part “Catch the Wave” report (see NGI, Jan. 19; Nov. 17, 2008) documenting changes to the region that has traditionally been the highest-priced North American market.

Increases in domestic production, new pipeline infrastructure and the shifting sources of imports will create a “bonanza” for natural gas buyers in the Northeast, according to Evergreen, CO-based Bentek Energy, which just released the third part of its three-part “Catch the Wave” report (see Daily GPI, Jan. 14; Nov. 14, 2008) documenting changes to the region that has traditionally been the highest-priced North American market.

Prospects for Arctic natural gas development in both Alaska andCanada’s Northwest Territories are running at their strongest sincethe dawn of the idea three decades ago, but how it will happenremains up in the air.

Prospects for Arctic natural gas development in both Alaska andCanada’s Northwest Territories are running at their strongest sincethe dawn of the idea three decades ago, but how it will happenremains up in the air.

There’s a major oil and natural gas boom going on now in one ofthe most unlikely places in the United States – northeasternTennessee.

There’s a major oil and natural gas boom happening in one of themost unlikely places in the United States — northeasternTennessee.

While droves of developers are flocking to the Florida market tocash in on the gas-fired power generation bonanza, affiliates ofDallas-based Panda Energy are eyeing a market closer to home -Arkansas.