The oil price crash has attracted all the media attention to the dire state of the U.S. crude oil-producing sector with cash-strapped drillers struggling to make any money at $20 oil. The collapse of the price of oil, however, could be the first step toward higher U.S. natural gas prices as early as next winter, helping the gas-oriented shale firms who survive the next few months to have their gas selling for more than double the current rates. The U.S. natural gas industry is set to suffer a lot in the short term, but the medium-term gain could be around the corner after the short-term pain, analysts say. The American natural gas market could be yet another example of the saying that ‘the cure for low prices is low prices.’ On Thursday, the benchmark price of natural gas at the Henry Hub closed at $1.733 per million British thermal […]