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Leading North American natural gas marketers reported lower overall sales volumes for the second quarter in a continuation of a trend of year/year declines in the wake of production cuts imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Still, there were several bright spots that suggest momentum is building.  The 25 gas marketers included in the…

Oil and natural gas executives working in northern Louisiana, southern New Mexico and across the state of Texas are optimistic that commodity prices will continue to climb this year, along with activity, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The Dallas Fed, as it is better known, on Wednesday issued its…

The Mexico gas market continues to grow more comfortable using U.S. pricing to transact natural gas, according to the fourth survey of natural gas buyers and sellers in Mexico conducted by NGI’s Mexico GPI. The survey, conducted in late February/early March, received 23 responses from buyers and sellers in Mexico. According to respondents, 64% of…

Natural gas is viewed more favorably than other fossil fuels around the world, although sentiment is largely divided along ideological lines, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. The survey was conducted between October 2019 and March in 20 countries including the United States, Canada, Brazil and Russia, along with several countries across Europe…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast.  NGI Associate Editor Kevin Dobbs and Director of Strategy and Research Patrick Rau discuss the results of NGI’s latest Top North American Natural Gas Marketers survey, which found further decreases in sales volumes in the second quarter of 2020. They explore…

Leading natural gas marketers collectively posted further decreases in sales volumes in 2Q2020, extending to five straight quarters a trend of year/year declines, according to NGI’s Top North American Natural Gas Marketers rankings. The 25 gas marketers covered in NGI‘s latest quarterly survey — with comparable year-earlier data available — reported combined sales transactions of…

The Mexico gas market is increasingly trading in the daily market, according to the third survey of natural gas buyers and sellers in Mexico conducted by NGI’s Mexico GPI. According to respondents, 52% of all gas bought and sold in Mexico is done in the daily market, well above 12% in April 2019 and 28%…

The world again saw an increase of natural gas buying at prices tied to dominant hubs and indices last year as the number of purchases linked to competing fuels like crude oil declined in an ongoing shift influenced by a sharp spike in liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot trading, according to the International Gas Union…

Well productivity in the Lower 48 jumped in 2018, but output last year appeared to slide, implying the decline curve may be steepening relative to years’ past, according to Raymond James & Associates Inc.