BP plc is forecasting continued high prices and volatility in the natural gas market through year-end, following an “exceptional” third quarter for its gas marketing and trading business, management said Tuesday (Nov. 1). Breaking down the supermajor’s quarterly results on a conference call, CFO Murray Auchincloss said that reduced Russian pipeline imports to Europe “led…
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After Record Quarter, Enterprise Sees ‘Significant Momentum’ in Permian for 2023
Enterprise Products Partners LP transported record volumes on its pipeline systems during the third quarter of 2022, buoyed by the natural gas gathering and processing business it acquired from Navitas Midstream Partners LP earlier this year. However, management acknowledged that pipeline capacity in the Permian Basin is tight, and more negative gas pricing may be…
Marathon Oil Nearly Doubling Eagle Ford Position with $3B Acquisition of Natural Gas, Condensate-Rich Assets
Marathon Oil Corp. has entered a deal to acquire the natural gas and condensate-weighted Eagle Ford Shale assets of Ensign Natural Resources for $3 billion in cash. The assets span 130,000 net acres in South Texas’ Live Oak, Bee, Karnes and Dewitt counties across the condensate, wet gas and dry gas phase windows of the…
Cheniere Energy Again Hit by Volatile LNG Prices Despite Record Output
Cheniere Energy Inc. continues to deliver increasing volumes of LNG and said Thursday its production hit a record last week, but the company reported a steep third quarter loss related to the purchase of feed gas at prices linked to international benchmarks. CEO Jack Fusco said liquefied natural gas output at the company’s terminals in…
Sempra Aims for Port Arthur LNG FID Early Next Year as Offtaker Interest Grows
Riding the wave of strong U.S. natural gas demand and project development milestones, Sempra management reported it is now targeting a final investment decision (FID) for its Port Arthur LNG project during 1Q2023 and is currently marketing its proposed expansion. San Diego-based Sempra’s liquefied natural gas subsidiary, Sempra Infrastructure, has been developing the project southeast…
Pioneer Aiming to Limit Exposure to Weak Waha Natural Gas Prices
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. is seeking to curb its exposure to natural gas basis discounts at the Waha Hub in West Texas, according to the firm’s COO Richard Dealy. Spot and futures prices at the Permian Basin hub increasingly have been trading at a discount to U.S. benchmark Henry Hub amid saturated takeaway capacity out…
Williams Natural Gas Bet Paying Off Now… and Well Into the Future?
Williams’ long-term natural gas focus continues to bring in the returns, according to CEO Alan Armstrong, who said strong quarterly results were attributable to the company sticking to its strategy. Speaking on a 3Q2022 conference call, Armstrong said the midstream giant’s adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was up 15% compared to…
Southwestern Eyes Upping Supply to LNG Corridor, Secures Additional Transport Service
Southwestern Energy Co. said Friday that it was reinforcing its long term flow assurance to U.S. LNG facilities by adding 500 MMcf/d of new firm transportation starting in 2024. The transport to the Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas corridor would be on Momentum Midstream LLC’s 1.7 Bcf/d New Generation Gas Gathering system and DT Midstream…
Third-Party Issues Seen Challenging EQT Operations Into 2023
Supply chain issues, midstream constraints and adverse weather combined to curb EQT Corp.’s third quarter natural gas output and are likely to impact the company’s operations through the middle of next year, management said last week. “These third-party constraints, along with water restrictions due to drought conditions in parts of the [Appalachian] basin, negatively impacted…
Mexico’s Pemex Posts Loss Despite High Pricing Environment, Steady Output
Mexico’s state oil and gas giant Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) had a strange third quarter. Amid record commodity prices, the company posted a massive loss. But it also produced more hydrocarbons, in particular natural gas. In an earnings call last week, executives tried to put a positive spin on the results. They highlighted that Pemex liquids…