Shortage

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight U.S. natural gas exports are needed across the world as buyers face shortages, the Biden administration said. “There’s a natural gas shortage around the world, hence the need for the United States to continue to export natural gas,” said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Annual maintenance at the Cove Point LNG terminal in Maryland has concluded after 21 days. Feed gas flows to the terminal returned to their pre-work levels Tuesday. Overall, U.S. feed gas deliveries were nominated at 11.2 Bcf early Wednesday, up by roughly 1 Bcf from…

Global natural gas prices remain high, but they were largely stable Monday and Tuesday after an extraordinary stretch of chaotic trading last week. National Balancing Point and Title Transfer Facility (TTF) futures closed higher Tuesday as the market appeared unable to find its footing after last week. Milder weather over the next six to 10…

Wednesday marked another chaotic swing for global energy markets as prices in Europe slid from astronomical highs to finish lower on the day and liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot prices in Asia were assessed at a record of nearly $60/MMBtu.  In Europe this week, wrangling has continued over how to best regulate the start-up of…

Natural gas prices across the world jumped again Monday as fundamentals remain unchanged and the global market braces for energy shortages this winter.  In Europe, prices bounced back from a technical correction on Friday, a day after Dutch and British futures settled well above $33/MMBtu and set new records. The Title Transfer Facility (TTF) finished…

Fueled by a potential wintertime energy shortage overseas, U.S. natural gas forward prices rebounded sharply from the prior week’s bruising. November prices surged by an average 42.0 cents during the trading period from Sept. 23-29, while the winter strip (November-March) jumped 49.0 cents on average, according to NGI’s Forward Look. Gains at the front of…

Concerns that the world won’t have enough energy supplies to  go around this winter appeared to deepen on Thursday as natural gas prices again set records and governments continued stepping in to ensure the lights stay on.  Coal, natural gas and even water for hydropower are in short supply. In North Asia, Japan-Korea Marker (JKM)…

With the western United States now in its second year of a widespread drought, the extraordinarily low water levels at some of the critical reservoirs are adding a layer of uncertainty to electric reliability this summer. The power generated from the West’s fleet of hydroelectric generating facilities is on pace to be much lower than…

The compressed natural gas (CNG) sector has seen no shortage of supporters, with continuing interest in new fleet orders, technology advancements in fuel tank design and governmental/utility initiatives, as witnessed at the recent Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Washington, DC.