Christopher Lenton

Multi-basin exploration and production firm EOG Resources Inc. is managing its natural gas program to align with demand dynamics, management said in its first quarter earnings call. “While we expect the natural gas market to remain soft through the end of this quarter, much like last year, we expect it to strengthen through the second-half…

North American natural gas futures worked their way above $2.00/MMBtu this week amid tighter U.S. production and storage levels. Mexico imports, meanwhile, of U.S. natural gas have started to hit their stride in the lead-up to summer. Over the last 10 days, Mexico imported 7.38 Bcf/d of natural gas via pipeline from the United States,…

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…

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…

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…

ExxonMobil keeps powering ahead in its offshore Guyana program even as a contract dispute and geopolitical tensions cast a shadow over the oil-rich project. The company made a final investment decision for the Whiptail development, its sixth project on the offshore Stabroek block. It has the necessary approvals in place and the offshore platform is…

North American natural gas prices got short-lived support through a Canadian maintenance event on Tuesday but overall continued to languish at well below $2.000/MMbtu. On Wednesday, the May New York Mercantile Exchange natural gas contract slipped 2.0 cents day/day to settle at $1.712. NGI’s U.S. Spot Gas National Avg. rose 12.5 cents to $1.165.  TC…

Mexico’s presidential frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena party would continue the nation’s buildout of natural gas-fired power if she were to win the June 2 election. Speaking to business leaders in Mexico City on Monday evening, Sheinbaum highlighted that 3.250 GW of new generation, 91% of which was natural-gas fired combined cycle, were…

North American natural gas futures gained some ground this week with signs that U.S. production was scaling back, but still held under $2.00/MMBtu. The longer term picture remains bearish, at least for this year. This week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) cut its projected average Henry Hub natural gas spot price to $2.20 for…