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Pennsylvania Impact Fee Collections Slip on Lower Natural Gas Prices

Pennsylvania Impact Fee Collections Slip on Lower Natural Gas Prices

The impact fees paid by Pennsylvania’s unconventional natural gas producers in 2019 declined by 20% year/year to about $200.4 million, a drop that was primarily because of lower prices, according to the state Public Utility Commision (PUC).

June 18, 2020
With Lower Storage Injection Expected, Natural Gas Futures Advance, End Three-Day Skid

With Lower Storage Injection Expected, Natural Gas Futures Advance, End Three-Day Skid

Forecasts for modestly increasing heat and a lower inventory build report offset enduring uncertainty about liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand, helping natural gas futures post gains Wednesday and ending a drubbing that cost the July contract nearly 20 cents over the prior three trading sessions.

June 18, 2020
PG&E Pleads Involuntary Manslaughter for 84 Deaths in Camp Fire, Agrees to $4M in Penalties

PG&E Pleads Involuntary Manslaughter for 84 Deaths in Camp Fire, Agrees to $4M in Penalties

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Tuesday pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of starting a fire for its role in the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, CA.

June 17, 2020
Weather Worries and Weak Cash Weigh Down Natural Gas Futures

Weather Worries and Weak Cash Weigh Down Natural Gas Futures

Cooler temperatures and soft demand in the natural gas cash market, along with ongoing liquefied natural gas (LNG) woes, weighed down futures again Tuesday, with prices hitting a new daily low in June for a third consecutive trading day.

June 17, 2020
IEA Forecasts Flat Mexico Oil Output Through 2021; Global Production Set to Fall 7.2 Million b/d in 2020

IEA Forecasts Flat Mexico Oil Output Through 2021; Global Production Set to Fall 7.2 Million b/d in 2020

Mexico oil production is likely to stay near April levels through 2021, with the natural decline of legacy fields operated by national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) offsetting any production gains at the firm’s so-called priority fields, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.

June 17, 2020
Antero Nets $402M from Global Investment Firm, Forecasts Strengthened Natural Gas, NGL Prices

Antero Nets $402M from Global Investment Firm, Forecasts Strengthened Natural Gas, NGL Prices

Appalachian natural gas heavyweight Antero Resources Corp. said Monday it has closed an overriding royalty interest (ORRI) transaction with Sixth Street Partners LLC that will result in proceeds of up to $402 million.

June 16, 2020
Coronavirus Fallout, Cooler Weather Pattern Weigh on Natural Gas Futures

Coronavirus Fallout, Cooler Weather Pattern Weigh on Natural Gas Futures

Following last Friday’s sell-off, natural gas futures gave up further ground Monday on modestly cooler weather forecasts and lingering concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on industrial energy demand. Persistently low liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes also continued to weigh on markets.

June 16, 2020

The Offtake: LNG in Brief

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight

June 16, 2020
Complaint by U.S. Energy Industry’s API Adds to Growing List of Private Sector Concerns in Mexican Energy

Complaint by U.S. Energy Industry’s API Adds to Growing List of Private Sector Concerns in Mexican Energy

American Petroleum Institute (API) President Mike Sommers has sent a letter to U.S. officials expressing the group’s worry that recent actions by the Mexican government are hurting investors in the Mexican energy sector.

June 16, 2020
Colombia Said Ready to Award Fracturing Pilots in October

Colombia Said Ready to Award Fracturing Pilots in October

Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) will award contracts for hydraulic fracturing pilot projects to interested companies by October, according to media reports.

June 16, 2020