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Mexico’s national utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) through its international marketing subsidiary CFE International LLC (CFEi) has put out a bid for proposals for the supply of natural gas from Texas. CFEi is the U.S.-based entity responsible for procuring natural gas to support power generation and other needs in Mexico. The Mexican state giant…

Natural gas futures forged ahead on Monday, building on the modest momentum gathered late last week after supportive government inventory data and price jumps in Europe. Following a 2.7-cent gain on Friday, the October Nymex gas futures contract settled at $2.639/MMBtu, up two-tenths of a cent to start the new week. November rose 2.7 cents…

Feed gas nominations to the Freeport LNG facility in Texas remain at a trickle after a significant drop on Sept. 9. Nominated feed gas on the Gulf South Pipeline system, Freeport’s primary supply route, was 203 MMcf/d on Wednesday, according to NGI analysis of pipeline data from Wood Mackenzie. It was around 11% of available…

A partnership led by Spain’s Repsol SA has clinched a contract with Texas officials to store carbon emissions offshore Corpus Christi in an area that covers more than 140,000 gross acres of pore space. According to the project sponsors, the offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project would be near more than 35 million metric…

Flows of feed gas to Freeport LNG dropped over the weekend to the lowest point since the facility restarted production earlier this year, according to pipeline data. Volumes of feed gas on the Gulf South Pipeline system, Freeport’s primary supply route, dropped 76% between Saturday and Monday, according to NGI analysis of pipeline data from…

Several carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects are in the works across North America, and researchers may have found a novel way to make them more energy efficient. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently highlighted how a hidden function of electrodes can attract carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which then could be converted, allowing…

Employment and wages in Texas’ natural gas and oil industry continued to surge upward in the first quarter, according to new analysis by the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA). Direct employment in the industry rose 8.1% year/year to 482,557 jobs, according to the TXOGA report based on U.S. Census Bureau and Texas Workforce Commission…

PHX Minerals Inc. is using the current natural gas price downturn to expand its mineral and royalty positions in the Haynesville Shale and South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) plays, management said Thursday. The Fort Worth, TX-based independent agreed to acquire about 988 net royalty acres in the Haynesville and SCOOP from five separate sellers…

Natural gas futures were higher at the top of the week as searing heat blanketed much of the Lower 48, challenging record power loads and stressing grids. The September Nymex gas futures contract settled Monday at $2.632/MMBtu, up 8.1 cents from Friday’s settlement. October futures climbed 5.2 cents to $2.743. At A Glance: Long-range models…