natural gas production

Lofty levels of natural gas in storage and a severe Permian Basin supply glut continued to cloud the outlook for prices. Natural gas forward prices fell in every region during the April 11-17 trading period, NGI’s Forward Look data show. Levels remained well below the $2.00/MMBtu level across the Lower 48, with exceptionally weak West…

The Netherlands is expected to permanently close the huge Groningen natural gas field, the Dutch Senate announced this week. Groningen, one of the largest gas fields in Europe, caused earthquakes and damage to local communities for more than 20 years, which created debate among politicians, local residents and gas industry supporters for years about whether…

Foreseeable risks from swelling natural gas inventories and an active hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin could bring more volatility to commodity prices in the coming months, a market expert said this week at an industry conference. The looming threat of hurricanes, which forecasters are predicting to be more frequent this season, will be “an…

Liberty Energy Inc. CEO Chris Wright said Thursday he does not expect exploration and production customers to increase their onshore natural gas activity before the end of this year, but a lack of activity will not be a stumbling block to advance future opportunities. The oilfield services (OFS) company, considered one of the leading hydraulic…

Natural gas production in North Dakota averaged 3.36 Bcf/d in February, up 12% month/month, according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). February “was a very good month for the state, recovering from the late-December/early-January winter weather,” said DMR’s Lynn Helms, Oil and Gas Division director, during a press conference. Operators captured and marketed…

ExxonMobil keeps powering ahead in its offshore Guyana program even as a contract dispute and geopolitical tensions cast a shadow over the oil-rich project. The company made a final investment decision for the Whiptail development, its sixth project on the offshore Stabroek block. It has the necessary approvals in place and the offshore platform is…

The Biden administration earlier this month finalized revamped onshore natural gas and oil leasing rules, increasing the royalty rates and, for the first time in 60 years, bumping up the cost for bonding requirements. The Department of Interior’s Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process final rule revised regulations under the purview of the Bureau of…

Natural gas futures gave back some of Tuesday’s gains Wednesday after TC Energy Corp. said it was able to isolate the impacts of a rupture of its Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) pipeline in Western Canada. At A Glance: NGTL incident is contained Analysts expect moderate injection Production at 98.4 Bcf/d Futures jumped more than…

North American natural gas prices got short-lived support through a Canadian maintenance event on Tuesday but overall continued to languish at well below $2.000/MMbtu. On Wednesday, the May New York Mercantile Exchange natural gas contract slipped 2.0 cents day/day to settle at $1.712. NGI’s U.S. Spot Gas National Avg. rose 12.5 cents to $1.165.  TC…