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Expanding the use of natural gas tapped from Mexico’s abundant reserves would help to reduce the carbon intensity throughout many areas of the economy, said Jeremy Martin, vice president of Energy & Sustainability at the Institute of Americas. During the upcoming elections, however, Mexicans will decide whether they want more of the same or a…

The U.S. natural gas patch dropped four rigs for the week ended Friday (March 22), including a notable reduction in drilling numbers for the gassy Haynesville Shale, according to the latest figures from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). The United States ended the period with 112 active natural gas-directed rigs, down from 162 in the year-earlier…

Energy operators were cautiously optimistic during their recent quarterly conference calls that Lower 48 natural gas activity would improve in anticipation of increasing LNG demand, but the startup of more export projects is not yet a certainty, according to some analysts. Evercore ISI’s James West, senior managing director, said the U.S. gas rig count jumped…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub and Flow, in which NGI’s Chris Lenton, senior editor of Mexico and Latin America, sits down with Rosanety Barrios, who heads the energy team for Mexican presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez.  Barrios details how Mexico’s energy sector, including state companies Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE)…

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, already majority shareholder in Haynesville Shale pure-play Comstock Resources Inc., has agreed to invest an additional $100.5 million into the company. Two Jones entities agreed to acquire 12.5 million shares of common stock in the private placement at $8.036/share. The price represents the average closing prices for the five trading…

Opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez promises to shake up Mexico’s energy sector if she wins the elections in June. Gálvez would respect the laws of competition as enshrined in the constitution, promote the domestic production of natural gas and renewable energy and work to develop a regional energy strategy, Rosanety Barrios, the head of her energy…

Mexico faces an election in June amid rising natural gas demand and infrastructure needs. See what NGI analysts gleaned from the recently completed 4Q2023 earnings season. SLB Corp. (SLB): CEO Olivier Le Peuch told investors on SLB’s 4Q2023 earnings conference call that “in the international markets, we expect full year revenue growth reaching the mid-teens…

Natural gas production from major Lower 48 plays will hold mostly steady from March to April as oil-focused regions boost output to offset declines in the Haynesville Shale and Appalachian Basin, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA in its latest monthly Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) modeled combined natural gas production from seven…

ExxonMobil is trying to put a stop to Chevron Corp. and its bid to enter the lucrative Guyanese offshore oil and natural gas patch. The company has filed for arbitration, claiming Chevron’s bid to snap up Hess Corp.’s Guyana assets goes against a contract clause that grants ExxonMobil a right of first refusal. Last October,…