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Understanding Europe’s Outsized Role in the U.S. Natural Gas Market – Column
Evaluating the European gas market is one of the natural first steps for anyone looking to measure the impact of LNG on the U.S. natural gas market.

Mexico Nearshoring Boom Could Be Upended by Regulatory Environment — Column
Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. The big investment news in Mexico is Elon Musk’s intention to build a ~$5 billion Tesla plant in the thriving northern city…

Engie Developing Biogas Project to Connect to Mexico Natural Gas Grid
“We are working on the first biogas project connected to the natural gas network in Mexico, with the objective to inject green gasses into the distribution network,” Eva Ribera, Vice President of Business Development & Implementation at Engie México, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. “We think that biogas is currently an opportunity in Mexico and we…

Understanding LNG’s Impact on the U.S. Natural Gas Market Via Shipping and Floating Storage – Column
Growth in U.S. LNG capacity has reached the point where it is a significant demand component of the country’s expansive natural gas market.

Verdad Exploration Reaches Mexico Milestone in Natural Gas-Rich Burgos Basin
“We are the first private producers to develop gas in the Burgos Basin and connect to Cenagas,” Roberto Gutierrez, vice president of commercial sales at Verdad Exploration Mexico LLC, told NGI’s Mexico GPI in a phone interview. On February 22, Verdad connected their gas production from a block in the Burgos Basin to the Sistrangas…

Global Gas Trade Needs a Better LNG Index, but Finding the Keys to Unlock It Will Take More Time – Column
How close is the world to adopting a global spot LNG index? That’s a question this series has aimed to answer by exploring the prospects of establishing one based on crude oil, Title Transfer Facility (TTF) and Henry Hub prices.

What’s at Stake as Mexico’s Cenagas Launches Contract Renewal Process on Sistrangas – Column
Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. On February 13, Sistrangas operator Cenagas opened the 2023 contract renewal process on the national pipeline system. The timing of the announcement…

Can the Search for a Global LNG Benchmark End With a European or U.S. Natural Gas Contract? – Column
While the early LNG market mostly developed in Asia and the Middle East, the super-chilled fuel was first commercialized in the United States and Europe.

Creation of Secondary Natural Gas Market in Mexico is Good News For Everyone – Column
Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. Recently, officials at CFEnergía, the trading arm of Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), announced plans to create a secondary market for natural…