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The United States has been producing and exporting more ethane by pipeline and, beginning earlier this year, by tanker from the East and Gulf coasts. Jim Teague, CEO of Enterprise Products Partners LP’s general partner, is bullish on continued export growth as ethane is a key building block for the plastics that make the “lifestyle products” the rest of the world wants.

Physical natural gas retreated from Wednesday’s one-year highs, and for the most part market points outside the Northeast were a few pennies lower in Thursday’s trading.

Two years since the formation of Cenagas, Mexico’s natural gas pipeline system operator, Cenagas Director General David Madero sat down with political scientist and NGI correspondent Dwight Dyer to talk about what’s ahead for infrastructure as the country’s natural gas market evolution unfolds.

ExxonMobil Corp. has confirmed that an investigation about how it values its oil and natural gas reserves has been launched by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Physical natural gas for Thursday delivery continued to march higher in Wednesday’s trading, with broad-based gains of about a nickel prevalent throughout the market — with the exception of some double-digit declines in the Northeast.

October natural gas is set to open 3 cents higher Wednesday morning at $3.08 as traders mull the continued convergence of warm weather, nuclear outages and production losses. Overnight oil markets rose.

October natural gas is expected to open 5 cents higher Tuesday morning at $2.98 as expectations of warmer weather in key energy markets continue to energize the bulls. Overnight oil markets fell.

The worst may be over for the oil market as drilling activity begins to inch up across the United States, but the bullish narrative is bearish for natural gas prices as associated volumes begin to grow, according to energy analysts.

Two years since the formation of Cenagas, Mexico’s natural gas pipeline system operator, Cenagas Director General David Madero sat down with political scientist and NGI correspondent Dwight Dyer to talk about what’s ahead for infrastructure as the country’s natural gas market evolution unfolds.