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Shales Insulating Natural Gas Industry from Hurricane Impacts

Shales Insulating Natural Gas Industry from Hurricane Impacts

The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season is deep into its second half and there has yet to be any significant threat to natural gas and oil interests in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). But with the flood of onshore natural gas that has come out of U.S. shale plays in recent years, would a hurricane in the GOM have the same impact on prices and supply as storms have in the past?

September 19, 2013