natural gas marketers

Ruling by Mexico’s CRE Said Detrimental to Natural Gas Market Competition

Ruling by Mexico’s CRE Said Detrimental to Natural Gas Market Competition

Mexico energy regulators last week approved a rule change that would make it more difficult for private sector natural gas shippers to secure transport capacity on the Sistrangas national pipeline network. The Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE) unanimously approved modifications to Resolution 968 passed in 2016. The 2016 measure was meant to level the playing…

February 8, 2022
Mexico’s CFEi Reports 13% Jump in 3Q2021 Natural Gas Volumes, NGI Marketer Ranking Shows

Mexico’s CFEi Reports 13% Jump in 3Q2021 Natural Gas Volumes, NGI Marketer Ranking Shows

Mexico’s CFEinternacional (CFEi) reported a 13% year/year increase in marketed natural gas volumes during the third quarter, according to the latest NGI Top North American Natural Gas Marketers ranking. CFEi, the international fuel marketing arm of state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), transacted 3.77 Bcf/d during 3Q, up from 3.33 Bcf/d in the…

December 13, 2021
Mixed Results For North American Natural Gas Marketers in 3Q2021, NGI Ranking Shows

Mixed Results For North American Natural Gas Marketers in 3Q2021, NGI Ranking Shows

Even as demand and prices soared, leading North American natural gas marketers posted uneven results and lower collective sales volumes for the third quarter.  The downward slide continued a trend dating to production curtailments imposed by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, according to NGI’s quarterly tally. Several marketers reported robust gains in the quarter, however,…

December 10, 2021
CFEi Natural Gas Volumes Surge in 2Q2021 as Top Marketers Post Declines

CFEi Natural Gas Volumes Surge in 2Q2021 as Top Marketers Post Declines

Mexico’s CFEinteranacional (CFEi) transacted 3.79 Bcf/d of natural gas during the second quarter, up 23% year/year, according to the latest NGI Top North American Natural Gas Marketers rankings. CFEi is the international marketing arm of Mexico’s state-owned power company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). The increase comes amid surging gas exports via pipeline from the…

September 22, 2021
Top U.S. Natural Gas Marketers Post 2Q2021 Declines, but Surging Prices Point to Advances Ahead

Top U.S. Natural Gas Marketers Post 2Q2021 Declines, but Surging Prices Point to Advances Ahead

Leading North American natural gas marketers reported lower overall sales volumes for the second quarter in a continuation of a trend of year/year declines in the wake of production cuts imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Still, there were several bright spots that suggest momentum is building.  The 25 gas marketers included in the…

September 21, 2021
Pricing Transparency ‘An Asset for Everybody’ in Mexico Natural Gas Market, Expert Says

Pricing Transparency ‘An Asset for Everybody’ in Mexico Natural Gas Market, Expert Says

Market players and the government each have roles to play in creating a more liquid, transparent natural gas market in Mexico, according to Eduardo Prud’homme, cofounder of the Gadex energy consultancy. Prud’homme assessed the state of play in Mexico in the latest episode of NGI’s Hub and Flow podcast. Buyers and sellers of natural gas…

September 13, 2021
NGI’s Hub & Flow Assesses Outlook in Wake of North American Natural Gas Marketers Ranking

NGI’s Hub & Flow Assesses Outlook in Wake of North American Natural Gas Marketers Ranking

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast in which the fundamentals impacting the North American natural gas market are explored. Leading natural gas marketers collectively lost ground with sales volumes in the first quarter, continuing a two-year trend of year/year declines, according to NGI’s Top North American Natural…

July 1, 2021
Mexico’s CFEi Slips Two Spots in NGI’s 1Q2021 Natural Gas Marketer Survey, but Volumes Hold Steady

Mexico’s CFEi Slips Two Spots in NGI’s 1Q2021 Natural Gas Marketer Survey, but Volumes Hold Steady

Mexico’s CFE International (CFEi) slipped three spots quarter/quarter in NGI’s Top North American Natural Gas Marketers rankings for 1Q2021, which ranks marketers by sales volumes. CFEi, the fuel importing and marketing arm of state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), ranked 15th at 3.31 Bcf/d, versus 12th at 3.32 Bcf/d in 4Q2020. Since Mexico’s…

June 21, 2021
BP, Top Natural Gas Marketers Lose Ground in 1Q2021, but High Prices, Demand Forecast to Turn Tide

BP, Top Natural Gas Marketers Lose Ground in 1Q2021, but High Prices, Demand Forecast to Turn Tide

Leading natural gas marketers collectively lost ground with sales volumes in 1Q2021, continuing a two-year trend of year/year declines, according to NGI’s Top North American Natural Gas Marketers rankings. The 25 gas marketers included in NGI‘s latest quarterly assessment* reported combined sales transactions of 126.06 Bcf/d for the first quarter. The 23 covered companies with…

June 18, 2021
July Natural Gas Futures, Cash Prices Sink After Bearish Inventory Report

July Natural Gas Futures, Cash Prices Sink After Bearish Inventory Report

Dragged lower after a bearish government inventory report, natural gas futures plunged on Thursday after rallying more than 7.0 cents into the expiration of the June contract a day earlier. The July Nymex contract, in its debut as the front month, dropped 6.9 cents day/day and settled at $2.958/MMBtu. It had closed above $3.00 on…

May 28, 2021