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Scorching Summer Forecast Sets Stage for Strong Natural Gas Demand, Price Recovery

Scorching Summer Forecast Sets Stage for Strong Natural Gas Demand, Price Recovery

From Texas to both corners of the North, the National Weather Service (NWS) now expects above-average summer heat across the vast majority of the country this summer – a welcome development for natural gas bulls. If the outlook proved accurate, it would drive sustained elevated gas demand for the first time in 2024, helping to…

April 24, 2024
Eagle Ford, SCOOP/STACK Said Ripe for Consolidation While Natural Gas Prices Low

Eagle Ford, SCOOP/STACK Said Ripe for Consolidation While Natural Gas Prices Low

Privately held exploration and production (E&P) firms in the Eagle Ford Shale and Midcontinent regions could prove attractive targets for public producers seeking exposure to future strengthening of natural gas prices, according to Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR). EIR’s Andrew Dittmar, principal analyst, highlighted the Eagle Ford, the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) and the…

April 24, 2024
How Does Vaca Muerta Reach Potential? Through LNG, Industry Says

How Does Vaca Muerta Reach Potential? Through LNG, Industry Says

Argentina’s vast natural gas resources would only be fully developed with an LNG export facility, according to experts who spoke at a recent energy conference. “Clearly we think we need to develop the regional market,” said Pampa Energía’s director of commercialization and midstream, Santiago Patrón. The executive at one of Argentina’s top natural gas producers…

April 23, 2024
Texas LNG Plans to Start Construction This Year After EQT Tolling Deal Expanded

Texas LNG Plans to Start Construction This Year After EQT Tolling Deal Expanded

EQT Corp. has expanded an agreement to ultimately give it 2 million metric tons/year (mmty) of natural gas liquefaction capacity at Glenfarne Energy Transition LLC’s proposed export plant in Brownsville, TX. EQT, the largest U.S. natural gas producer, has signed another heads of agreement with Glenfarne for 1.5 mmty of tolling capacity at Texas LNG…

April 23, 2024
Mountain Valley Pipeline Submits In-Service Request as Project ‘Nearing Completion’

Mountain Valley Pipeline Submits In-Service Request as Project ‘Nearing Completion’

Nearly seven years after receiving federal certification to build its 303-mile, 2 million Dth/d natural gas conduit, Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) has requested FERC authorization to place the project into service. MVP in a written request filed by its legal counsel Monday asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve its in-service request by…

April 23, 2024
Planning Said Essential for Natural Gas Utilities Lacking Pipeline Capacity to Move Supply to Market

Planning Said Essential for Natural Gas Utilities Lacking Pipeline Capacity to Move Supply to Market

In a natural gas market where abundant supplies and a lack of demand have depressed prices, the scarcity of pipeline capacity has added to the complexity for buyers who must ensure daily deliverability to customers, a panel of executives said recently. “When you talk about supply and demand in pricing, I have been in the…

April 23, 2024
Don’t Look Now but North American Natural Gas Demand to Soar in ‘25 and Beyond, Says Halliburton CEO

Don’t Look Now but North American Natural Gas Demand to Soar in ‘25 and Beyond, Says Halliburton CEO

The timing for the next leg of growth in North America remains uncertain, but there’s “no question” that natural gas output will drive the market into 2025 and beyond because of LNG exports and rising electricity demand, Halliburton Co. CEO Jeff Miller said. Speaking to analysts during the first quarter conference call, Miller was asked…

April 23, 2024
MARAD Requests Updated Application for Delfin LNG Offshore Export Project

MARAD Requests Updated Application for Delfin LNG Offshore Export Project

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has ordered Delfin LNG LLC to submit an updated application to build and operate its proposed export project in the Gulf of Mexico. Seven years after the agency granted Delfin a record of decision (ROD) for the more than 13 million metric tons/year (mmty) capacity project offshore Louisiana, MARAD staff…

April 23, 2024
Natural Gas Buyers Gaining AI Edge with Nitty Gritty Carbon Intensity Data

Natural Gas Buyers Gaining AI Edge with Nitty Gritty Carbon Intensity Data

Creating credible, transparent emissions profiles to differentiate natural gas supply has come a long way from the “responsibly sourced” days, as decarbonization as a service, or DaaS, moves beyond a nice-to-have for operators to a must-have to gain customers, according to experts. Natural gas heavies EQT Corp. and Williams have been at the forefront of…

April 23, 2024
Natural Gas Generation Dominates in PJM as Emissions Fall to Record Lows

Natural Gas Generation Dominates in PJM as Emissions Fall to Record Lows

PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. regional transmission organization (RTO), recorded all-time lows for various greenhouse gas emissions last year while natural gas-fired generation continued to grow as the Mid-Atlantic region’s primary power source.  PJM, the RTO managing the electric grid for 13 Mid-Atlantic states and Washington, DC, said carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2023 tumbled…

April 23, 2024