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Skip Horvath, president of the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA), on Wednesday said that producers are “less optimistic” than they were a year ago “because we’re losing the access restriction battle,” which he cited as one of the reasons why natural gas supplies remain so tight in the U.S.

Increasing demand is pressuring prices, Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) President R. Skip Horvath said Friday, reiterating the group’s predictions in its Winter Outlook last September that market fundamentals would put upward pressure on the natural gas market.

R. Skip Horvath, president of the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA), said Wednesday that the “calm in today’s natural gas prices” is nothing more than “the low side of our normal business cycle,” with volatility normal and expected in a healthy, competitive market. Horvath, speaking at CERAWeek 2002 in Houston, said the market will continue to see swings, requiring producers to understand both the “depths and heights” to make proper investment decisions.

R. Skip Horvath, president of the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA), said Wednesday that the “calm in today’s natural gas prices” is nothing more than “the low side of our normal business cycle,” with volatility normal and expected in a healthy, competitive market. Horvath, speaking at CERAWeek 2002 in Houston, said the market will continue to see swings, requiring producers to understand both the “depths and heights” to make proper investment decisions.

Gas supplies probably will remain tight, NGSA President SkipHorvath told the Consumer Federation of America’s Consumer Assembly2001 in Washington, D.C. yesterday. “Although producers aredrilling all out and production numbers are beginning to reflectour work, forecasters are predicting continued higher prices.”Horvath spoke on a panel titled “Rising Energy Prices Clobber thePoor: What Should be Done?”

While gas prices remain extremely high, R. Skip Horvath,president of the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA), last weekurged state regulators to be patient until the record number of gasrigs operating can do their work and provide desperately neededsupply increases.

While gas prices remain camped out at record levels, R. SkipHorvath, president of the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA),urged state regulators yesterday to be patient until the recordnumber of gas rigs operating can do their work and providedesperately needed supply increases.

R. Skip Horvath, president of the Natural Gas Supply Association(NGSA) and former official of a major pipeline group, took theinitial step last week towards trying to unify a fragmented naturalgas industry.

R. Skip Horvath, president of the Natural Gas Supply Association(NGSA) and former official of a major pipeline group, took theinitial step yesterday towards trying to unify a fragmented naturalgas industry.