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Limited LNG Imports Forecast to Push Gas Prices Higher

The “likely trajectory” of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports through 2011 essentially matches the “probable” growth in natural gas-fired power generation, energy analyst John Gerdes said in a recent report. The need, he wrote, to reduce industrial demand given the limited supply should underpin at least an $8/MMBtu average gas price after 2006.

September 11, 2006

Limited LNG Imports Forecast to Push Gas Prices Higher

The “likely trajectory” of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports through 2011 essentially matches the “probable” growth in natural gas-fired power generation, energy analyst John Gerdes said in a report issued this week. He said the need to reduce industrial demand given the limited supply should underpin at least an $8/MMBtu average gas price after 2006.

September 1, 2006