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Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Wednesday it would continue to curtail natural gas output until demand rebounds, forecasting another 400 MMcf/d of cuts in the second quarter.  The company first announced the cuts in February and said they would mostly come by not turning wells in progress to sales. Chesapeake curbed 200 MMcf/d of output during…

Feed gas flows to Freeport LNG continued to tick up as a fully loaded vessel left the Texas export facility for the first time in a week, indicating Train 3 operations could be stabilizing. Nominations of natural gas to the plant began increasing April 27 after hovering near zero for several days, according to Wood…

The imminent startup of Canada’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline, with LNG Canada set to ramp late this year, should provide “significant tidewater access” to boost near-term activity, according to the CEO of Calgary-based Precision Drilling Corp.  CEO Kevin Neveu laid out the near-term forecast for the international contract drilling expert during the recent quarterly conference…

Appalachian Basin pure play Antero Resources Corp. expects the currently oversupplied natural gas market to balance over the next year as producers tap the brakes and export demand picks up. During a call to discuss first quarter earnings, CEO Paul Rady and his management team highlighted the natural gas liquids-rich production mix and exposure to…

The oil and natural gas industry should remain vigilant against cyberattacks as global tensions mount and threaten U.S. critical infrastructure, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray.  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has repeatedly sponsored cyberattacks against the United States and has “made it clear that it considers every sector that makes…

Mexico’s state oil and gas giant Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, reported a 7.5% year/year drop in natural gas production in the first quarter as the country’s aging offshore oil fields showed weaker output. Natural gas production, including from partners, was 3.836 Bcf/d in the first quarter, down 312 MMcf/d compared to the comparable period in…

Natural gas buying at prices linked to dominant benchmarks like Henry Hub, the Japan-Korea Marker and the Title Transfer Facility last year again outpaced purchases linked to oil prices in a trend being driven largely by LNG trade growth, according to the International Gas Union (IGU). Between 2005 and 2023, the share of global gas-on-gas…

The exploration and production sector may be feeling the heat from slumping natural gas prices, but they had little impact on Enterprise Products Partners LP’s Permian Basin operations during the first quarter, executives said Tuesday. Driven by its operations in West Texas, natural gas transportation volumes during 1Q2024 improved from a year ago to 18.6…

Egypt has halted all LNG exports beginning in May as lower domestic natural gas production has forced the North African country to divert supply to local power demand during the summer months. Last year was Egypt’s hottest summer on record, with temperatures surpassing 95 F. This summer is forecast to have similar temperatures. Egypt’s Ministry…