Middle East

European natural gas prices inched higher Monday as the threat of a broader conflict in the Middle East offset a warmer forecast and ample supplies on the continent.  The December Title Transfer Facility (TTF) contract added about a nickel and again finished above $17/MMBtu. TTF is about 30% higher than it was before Israel declared…

Languishing U.S. natural gas prices have led SLB Ltd. to revise the North American outlook for 2023, CEO Olivier Le Peuch said Friday. The No. 1 oilfield services company is “primed” for growth and margin expansion this year, but the gains are likely to be led by a “very solid international outlook,” Le Peuch said…

Natural gas is still expected to dominate the global energy mix and support decarbonization into the middle of the century despite recent market volatility, but the world’s current energy crunch could be accelerating LNG’s position as the trade of choice, according to researchers from the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). In a recently published Global…

On a day when President Biden launched a Middle East tour in part to press for greater crude output, U.S. officials said American oil production declined along with consumption. A global energy watchdog also lowered its demand outlook, citing the specter of recession. One week after reaching a 2020 high, U.S. producers pumped 12.0 million…

Rising tensions in the Middle East that kicked off the New Year and sent a brief jolt through energy markets weren’t enough to outweigh the global supply glut that has kept a lid on liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices.