The right incentives could allow natural gas utilities to use existing infrastructure to advance low-carbon fuels and fight climate change, according to a study commissioned by the American Gas Association (AGA). AGA consulted Concentric Energy in discovering key regulatory frameworks that would encourage the production of low carbon products. “This study leaves no doubt that…
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March Baseload Natural Gas Prices Seen Lower as Spring’s Arrival Trumps Passing Winter Storms
Baseload natural gas prices for March were tracking mostly lower as the market appeared to close the book on winter and focused on increasing warmth in the coming weeks and robust supplies, according to NGI’s Bidweek Alert (BWA). Though the region on Wednesday was in the midst of a series of brutal winter storms, West…

U.S. Midstream Working to Expand Permian, Haynesville Natural Gas Pipelines
As the United States works toward casting a wider net on the global natural gas market via exports, key domestic markets like the Permian Basin and Haynesville Shale could be turned upside down in 2023 as midstream bottlenecks leave gas stranded. LNG developers on the Gulf Coast are in a race to boost liquefied natural…

Widespread Warmth in Elliott’s Wake Sinks Natural Gas Futures, Weekly Cash Prices
What a week – and what a year – it has been for the natural gas market. During the final three days of trading for 2022 gas delivery, spot prices fizzled in grand fashion following spikes induced by Winter Storm Elliott. Losses were widespread and sent some U.S. locations back below $3.00/MMBtu, with NGI’s Weekly…

Corrosion Left Keystone Pipeline ‘Less than Half the Thickness of a Dime,’ Says U.S. Government Accountability Office
Total oil spills from the Keystone Pipeline have grown to 25,975 bbl since TC Energy Corp. opened the conduit in 2010 to transport Canadian crude south to the Midwest and Gulf of Mexico. The estimated 14,000 bbl leak began on Dec. 7 into a Kansas creek and farm, halting flows for a week and leaving…

Multi-Dollar Price Gains Seen for December Baseload Natural Gas as Winter Arrives in Grand Fashion
After a quiet start, Old Man Winter kicked in the door on the natural gas market and fueled massive gains for December baseload natural gas prices, according to NGI’s Bidweek Alert (BWA). Basis prices in the Northeast, particularly New England, were seen in the mid-teens as record-setting overnight temperatures and an eye-popping lake-effect snowstorm hit…

U.S. Pipeline Constraints Could Hinder Mexico LNG Projects
Mexico has big plans to become an LNG export powerhouse, but it might not have the pipelines or available capacity to do so, according to experts. “Is there enough capacity and pipelines to support these projects? I don’t think so,” said the head of the Gadex consultancy, Eduardo Prud’homme, on Monday at the LDC Gas…

Tallgrass Turbocharging Lower 48 Natural Gas System for ‘Cleaner Energy Future’
Tallgrass Energy Partners is set to install dozens of turboexpander systems capable of responding to variable temperatures, pressures and flow rates across its natural gas network in partnership with Sapphire Technologies Inc. and Evolve Holdings Ltd. The trio is expected to install more than 72 of Sapphire’s FreeSpin In-line turboexpanders (FIT) across the Tallgrass natural…

Why Are European LNG Prices Lower than TTF? Listen Now to NGI’s Hub & Flow
Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow. Spark Commodities CEO Tim Mendelssohn joins NGI’s Jamison Cocklin, editor of LNG Insight, to discuss the growing gap between the price of LNG landing in Europe and pipeline hubs on the continent like the Title Transfer Facility. The conversation also touches on…

In Landmark Deal, Enbridge Sells Stakes in Several Pipelines to Indigenous Partners
A 23-tribe Indigenous investment agency agreed to pay C$1.12 billion ($840 million) for minority ownership of seven northeastern Alberta pipelines under an agreement with Enbridge Inc. Under the transaction, Enbridge would continue to operate the feeder conduits into its international Mainline oil system, while First Nations and Metis groups in newly created Athabasca Indigenous Investments…