Indicators

Early indicators as of January point toward significant opportunities for coal-to-natural gas switching in the electric generation sector this year with gas prices estimated to stay in the $2.50-3.00/Mcf range, according to recent analyst notes. This situation will be particularly ripe in the East.

Early indicators are pointing toward significant opportunities for coal-to-natural gas switching in the electric generation sector this year with gas prices estimated to stay in the $2.50-3.00/Mcf range, according to recent analyst notes. This situation will be particularly ripe in the East.

While no hearings have been set as of yet for deciding the fate of several natural gas safety bills alive in the California legislature, all indicators point to the picture becoming clearer following mid-August committee hearings, when state lawmakers return from a month-long recess that begins Friday.

At the outset of June the indicators are mounting that the water supply for hydroelectric power in the Pacific Northwest will continue at record levels and the amount of natural gas needed for power generation will continue to decline.

At the outset of June the indicators are mounting that water in the Pacific Northwest will continue at record levels and the amount of natural gas needed in thermal electric generation will continue to decline.

While economists say the recession has ended and some economic indicators have begun to trend upward, continued weak demand led to another decline in natural gas marketing during the third quarter, with the total volume sold in North America tumbling 4% — nearly 5 Bcf/d — according to NGI’s 3Q2009 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking. read more

All the indicators are that the natural gas industry is headed into a huge oversupply, fueled by flat demand and continued gigantic growth in shale gas. Speakers touched on a developing supply bubble in different ways during the opening day Tuesday of the “LDC Forum: Rockies and the West” conference in Los Angeles, noting that it will require some creative marketing to pump up demand.

While economists say the recession has ended and some economic indicators have begun to trend upward, continued weak demand led to another decline in natural gas marketing during the third quarter, with the total volume sold in North America tumbling 4% — nearly 5 Bcf/d — according to NGI’s 3Q2009 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking.

While economists say the recession has ended and some economic indicators have begun to trend upward, continued weak demand led to another decline in natural gas marketing during the third quarter, with the total volume sold in North America tumbling 4% — nearly 5 Bcf/d — according to NGI’s 3Q2009 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking.