Genscape

An incident on Monday that killed a maintenance worker at a Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO) system meter station in Northeast Ohio isn’t expected to have a “commercial impact,” a TransCanada Corp. spokesman said.

Tropical Storm (TS) Nate, gaining steam as it headed north toward an expected landing on the northern Gulf Coast, had by Friday midday reduced natural gas production from the offshore by more than half to about 1.713 Bcf/d.

Analysts say liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from Dominion’s Cove Point terminal on Chesapeake Bay are imminent, as FERC prepares to make another inspection of the facility in Maryland this week.

In the midst of a week-long heat wave that peaked last Friday, California just missed setting an all-time electricity demand record, but in the process likely topped the 3 Bcf/d natural gas volume level for power burn, according to Genscape Inc.

Hurricane Harvey’s demand-killing impact on the natural gas market has been apparent since the Category 4 storm made landfall across the Texas coast late Friday, but things could turn decidedly more bullish — albeit temporarily — in the days to come as demand begins to creep higher while production remains offline, some analysts say.

Hurricane Harvey’s demand-killing impact on the natural gas market has been apparent since the Category 4 storm made landfall across the Texas coast late Friday, but things could turn decidedly more bullish — albeit temporarily — in the days to come as demand begins to creep higher while production remains offline, some analysts say.

FERC on Monday authorized Sabal Trail Transmission LLC to place more of the natural gas project’s Phase 1 facilities into service, increasing its total capacity to 830,000 Dth/d.

Energy Transfer Partners LP on Wednesday again asked FERC to allow it to resume horizontal directional drilling (HDD) at remaining sites along its highly anticipated 3.25 Bcf/d Rover Pipeline Project in Appalachia.

Natural gas forwards markets couldn’t catch a break following the Memorial Day holiday as forecasts for another week-plus of mild weather and a double whammy of a storage injection proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.