Earnings

Williams Natural Gas Bet Paying Off Now… and Well Into the Future?

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…

November 2, 2022
Southwestern Eyes Upping Supply to LNG Corridor, Secures Additional Transport Service

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…

November 2, 2022
Third-Party Issues Seen Challenging EQT Operations Into 2023

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…

November 2, 2022
Mexico’s Pemex Posts Loss Despite High Pricing Environment, Steady Output

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…

November 1, 2022
BP Touts ‘Exceptional’ Natural Gas Marketing, Trading Results; Sees More Price Volatility Ahead

BP Touts ‘Exceptional’ Natural Gas Marketing, Trading Results; Sees More Price Volatility Ahead

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. Breaking down the supermajor’s quarterly results on a conference call, CFO Murray Auchincloss said that reduced Russian pipeline imports to Europe “led to sharp…

November 1, 2022
Natural Gas, LNG Lead ExxonMobil to Record 3Q2022 Profits

Natural Gas, LNG Lead ExxonMobil to Record 3Q2022 Profits

Strong demand for natural gas, combined with soaring realizations, helped drive record breaking profits for ExxonMobil in the third quarter.  Natural gas realizations jumped 22% because of European supply concerns and efforts to build inventory ahead of winter. That more than offset decreasing crude realizations, which fell 12% on modest supply increases.  The “strong gas…

November 1, 2022
Equinor Remains Cautious of Volatility, Price Caps as Natural Gas Volumes Rise

Equinor Remains Cautious of Volatility, Price Caps as Natural Gas Volumes Rise

Equinor ASA’s natural gas production and related revenues continued to rise in the third quarter as it answers Europe’s call to replace lost Russian imports, but management sees more volatility on the horizon, including from potential price cap policies. CEO Anders Opedal said the firm and Norway as a whole have taken on an increased…

November 1, 2022
Global Natural Gas Trading Helped Lift TotalEnergies to Record Profit in 3Q

Global Natural Gas Trading Helped Lift TotalEnergies to Record Profit in 3Q

TotalEnergies SE reported a 10% sequential decline in second quarter LNG sales, but stronger prices for the super-chilled fuel helped the company cruise to a record profit. The sales decline was mainly due to the outage at the Freeport liquefied natural gas terminal on the Upper Texas coast, where TotalEnergies has long-term offtake agreements in…

October 31, 2022
Halliburton ‘Very Encouraged’ About 2023 North American Oilfield Services Outlook

Halliburton ‘Very Encouraged’ About 2023 North American Oilfield Services Outlook

International natural gas and oil market activity is accelerating, and North American service capacity is tightening, with pricing “moving up in both markets,” Halliburton Co. CEO Jeff Miller said Tuesday. Miller helmed a conference call with analysts to discuss third quarter results, noting the Houston-based oilfield services (OFS) giant is using the technology honed in…

October 31, 2022
Tamarack Focusing on Expanding Clearwater Well Inventory in Alberta

Tamarack Focusing on Expanding Clearwater Well Inventory in Alberta

After swiftly completing five takeovers, Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. emerged in the third quarter as an independent natural gas and oil growth star in the Clearwater formation of Canada. The Calgary independent has paid about $1.1 billion for five deals across the Clearwater area, which is northeast of Alberta. The latest was in September, when…

October 31, 2022