Disparity

“Very weak gas prices” are in the offing as drilling to hold leases, cost-carry joint ventures and the disparity between oil and gas prices “are expected to push gas production so high that it causes some regional storage and pipeline constraints…” Bentek Energy LLC said in its latest Market Alert.

“Very weak gas prices” are in the offing as drilling to hold leases, cost-carry joint ventures and the disparity between oil and gas prices “are expected to push gas production so high that it causes some regional storage and pipeline constraints…” Bentek Energy LLC said in its latest Market Alert.

With most U.S.-based exploration and production (E&P) companies weighted 70% or more to natural gas, “taking advantage of pricing disparity toward natural gas liquids [NGL] continues to lead E&Ps to process more of their gas,” Madison Williams & Co. analyst Andrew Coleman said Friday.

With most U.S.-based exploration and production (E&P) companies weighted 70% or more to natural gas, “taking advantage of pricing disparity toward natural gas liquids [NGL] continues to lead E&Ps to process more of their gas,” Madison Williams & Co. analyst Andrew Coleman said Friday.

A lot has changed over the last year, but one thing that’s stayed the same is a disparity between the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) that prevents gas end-users from recouping transmission overcharges the way their counterparts do on the power side, according to Dave Ciarlone, manager of global energy services for aluminum producer Alcoa Inc.

A lot has changed over the last year, but one thing that’s stayed the same is a disparity between the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) that prevents gas end-users from recouping transmission overcharges the way their counterparts do on the power side, according to Dave Ciarlone, manager of global energy services for aluminum producer Alcoa Inc.

The disparity between the energy sector’s market cap weighting and its earnings contribution to the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index has increased steadily over the past five years, and the “enormous” shift in wealth that is flowing into the sector is a sign that could mean a long-term rotation into energy stocks over the next five to 10 years, analysts said.

The disparity between the energy sector’s market cap weighting and its earnings contribution to the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index has increased steadily over the past five years, and the “enormous” shift in wealth that is flowing into the sector is a sign that could mean a long-term rotation into energy stocks over the next five to 10 years, analysts said.

The disparity of U.S. regional wholesale power markets makes it “difficult” to evaluate the degree to which more competition has influenced consumption and investment decisions in generation and transmission, a federal task force said in its final report to Congress last Thursday. It further found that retail power competition has yielded disappointing results.