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Baker Hughes Co. (BKR) management on Wednesday offered a bullish assessment of natural gas growth opportunities but conveyed a more measured outlook for the oil market. “Overall, we remain very positive on the outlook for natural gas,” Baker Hughes’ CEO Lorenzo Simonelli told analysts during the oilfield services (OFS) giant’s 2Q2022 earnings call. “We also…

Barring an increase in domestic natural gas production, the United States should stay the course with regard to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export volumes, the top executive at global chemical manufacturer Huntsman Corp. told NGI. “I don’t think we should be exporting any more LNG than we are today if we’re not going to, conversely,…

In the midst of a 100-day-plus war, Ukraine is preparing for the next heating season with proposed plans to secure large volumes of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the United States. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the government has begun solidifying plans for winter storage and boosting electricity production. Ukraine also plans to end all…

Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in South America are down this year with energy alternatives such as hydropower serving as their replacement. Kpler analyst Ryhana Rasidi told NGI that around 2.6 million tons (Mt) of LNG has landed on the continent this year as of the end of May. That’s 0.99 Mt lower than…

Natural gas futures on Wednesday soared past $9.000/MMBtu for the first time since 2008 amid worries that fragile supplies may prove inadequate to meet summer cooling demand and robust calls for U.S. exports. At A Glance: Futures fly ahead of June’s expiry LNG export demand intensifies Spring production struggles fester Traders through most of the…

Escalating supply concerns ahead of the summer – forecast to be hotter than usual – appear to be driving huge increases for June baseload natural gas prices, according to NGI’s Bidweek Alert (BWA). After late-season blasts of wintry air hampered production in April, producers are struggling to grow output beyond the recent low to mid-90…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the United States and Europe needed to “go further” in confronting Russia’s war against Ukraine, while expanding the “potent transatlantic cooperation to address many of the other shared challenges we face.” Speaking at the Brussels Economic Forum on Tuesday, Yellen said “we must address the present energy security emergency…

U.S. oil and natural gas leaders this week pledged to support Ukraine in light of Russia’s unprovoked invasion, which roiled financial markets around the world. Russia’s attack against Ukraine, forewarned by Russian President Vladimir Putin for months, came on the heels of major sanctions by the United States and its allies. It also followed Germany’s…

A major turnaround in weather-driven demand expectations flipped the script in the natural gas forwards market during the Feb. 9-16 trading period, sending prices sharply higher as traders braced for another round of frigid temperatures on track to arrive later this month. March fixed prices at benchmark Henry Hub surged 70.8 cents week/week to average…