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Natural gas futures on Monday cruised higher for a second consecutive session as forecasts pointed to stronger weather-driven demand over the back half of July. The August Nymex contract advanced 10.5 cents day/day and settled at $3.779/MMBtu. The prompt month had gained 6.0 cents on Friday to close out trading last week. The September contract…

The U.S. natural gas rig count rose two units to finish at 101 during the week ended Friday, a week that also saw a notable uptick in drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), according to updated data from oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Drilling gains in the United States for the…

As the Texas legislative session drew to a close over the weekend, lawmakers approved bills aimed at overhauling the state’s electric grid — and those who govern it — following February’s massive winter storm that left residents in the dark for days amid record cold temperatures. “This is our response, this body’s response, to the…

Freezing weather in Texas in February and the subsequent energy supply problems on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border underline a need for greater energy integration between the two countries, Lorena Patterson, senior energy specialist and strategist, told NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index.   “I would advocate for greater integration between the markets, and more diversification…

Eight of North America’s oil and gas producers filed for bankruptcy during the first three months of this year, the highest quarterly total since 2016, according to Haynes and Boone LLC. The law firm, which has monitored North American producer Chapter 11 filings since 2015, on Thursday issued its latest report covering 1Q2021. It also…

Texas operators applied for more oil and gas drilling permits during March than a year earlier, with the Permian Basin still the go-to place for activity, according to state regulators.  The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) said it issued 798 original drilling permits last month, versus 744 in March 2020.  Last month, the RRC issued…

The February freeze that crippled the Texas energy grid for days amplified a trend already well underway — high-cost and increasingly frequent climate-related disasters that the electric power industry struggles to manage through. That assessment comes in a new report from energy lender CoBank, based in Denver. The polar outbreak affected several states, requiring rolling…

The impacts of a Winter Storm Uri, which wreaked havoc on the Texas energy system in mid-February, are lingering nearly two months later as downstream facilities await freeze-related repairs. “From a natural disaster perspective, the impact on the petrochemical space from Uri is much greater than any previous event that we’ve had in recent memory,”…

A little more than a month after Texas’ main electric grid operator failed to keep the lights on during a prolonged freeze across the state, it said it has more than enough resources to meet projected record demand this summer. In its preliminary Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for the summer released Thursday, the…