The US can supply Europe long term with LNG at $7-$8/MMBtu, based on long-run marginal costs for additional infrastructure, US LNG pioneer Cheniere Marketing’s vice president for strategy, Andrew Walker, Continue Reading
Marcellus Shale Tower The latest drilling productivity report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has shown that the Marcellus shale continues to be the largest source of natural gas in Continue Reading
Natural gas-fired capacity additions include plants completed and under construction. Natural gas-fired power generation increased 19% in 2015, because of low natural gas prices , increased gas-fired generation capacity , Continue Reading
Israel and Egypt are close to a compromise that would sweep away a major obstacle to a multibillion-dollar natural gas deal. (Bloomberg) – Israel and Egypt are close to a Continue Reading
Pennsylvania township first to legalize civil disobedience. Photo from A tiny community sitting on a 27-square-mile piece of Western Pennsylvania wanted to send a big message to the energy company Continue Reading
LNG terminal Oil and natural gas producers cannot catch a break of late it seems. A few years after the onset of the natural gas glut, Europe is experiencing a Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs trading enough natural gas to become the seventh largest gas marketer in North America. Photo by Steve Oehlenschlager/Shutterstock Goldman Sachs is now buying and selling enough natural gas Continue Reading
Natural gas transported across the world’s oceans by ship has helped to displace coal burned in European power plants and Chinese household cookers. Now, producers want it to become a Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs has quietly overtaken Chevron and ExxonMobil to become one of the biggest natural gas merchants in North America, expanding in physical commodities trading even as other banks pull back. Continue Reading
Chesapeake Energy Corp. CHK -4.13 % on Thursday said it would swap 4.1% of its shares outstanding for debt, the latest move by the beleaguered energy company to ease its Continue Reading
Indications that supply was easing helped natural-gas prices rebound 31% in the past two months. Shares of natural-gas producers, among the market’s worst performers in recent years, are now among Continue Reading
US dry natural gas production fell to 70.4 Bcf Tuesday, marking its lowest level since late December as drilling activity in associated gas production continues to decline, according to Bentek Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to issue on Thursday the first federal standards aimed at curbing methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, according to multiple people Continue Reading
Declines in rig activity triggered by sustained low natural gas prices are starting to take their toll on US gas production forecasts, the Energy Information Administration said Tuesday in its Continue Reading
A new Texas study has found that horizontal oil wells fractured by the injection of high volumes of chemicals, sand, and water contaminate nearby water wells with a variety of Continue Reading
LNG Imports After French media accuses government of hypocrisy, French Energy Minister Segolene Royal is discussing with French parliament a potential ban on the import of U.S. shale gas. The Continue Reading
As the Keystone XL saga made clear, Alberta has had trouble getting its oil and gas to markets outside of the province. That trouble continues for Canada’s oil industry. The Continue Reading
For decades, hydraulic fracturing had been referred to as an unconventional completion technique, but over the past 10 years it has become the technique by which most natural gas is Continue Reading
The second-largest producer of natural gas in the United States, Chesapeake Energy Corp., has announced plans to sell part of its Oklahoma shale acreage in order to prop up finances Continue Reading
For the first time in its history, Russian energy company Rosneft said Friday it delivered a shipment of liquefied natural gas to an Egyptian customer. A trading arm of Rosneft Continue Reading
The Prelude, a floating LNG tanker, is one of the first to test a new… The world’s largest energy companies are sidelining big ideas that they touted just a couple Continue Reading
Big news in energy project finance this week, with a mega-project that no one thought could succeed coming through with a massive finance package. That’s the Yamal liquefied natural gas Continue Reading
Russian state-owned oil and gas giant Gazprom is currently working out the matter of creating a liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution hub in Bahrain. The hub will be meant to Continue Reading
The Norwegian oil and gas producer said Monday the divestment includes 62,500 acres of operated properties in West Virginia with a production of about 9,300 barrels of oil equivalent a Continue Reading
In a win for climate activists and the anti-fracking movement , and a blow to fossil fuel polluters and the federal regulatory agencies that enable them, the New York State Continue Reading
The last year has been a bumpy one for Chesapeake Energy. When natural gas prices collapsed several years ago, many firms across the industry moved towards liquids as a panacea. Continue Reading
Russian energy company Gazprom said liberalizing the market for liquefied natural gas means contractual talks with China are under threat. Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Officer Vitaly Markelov said counterparts at Continue Reading
A tanker from Louisiana loaded with U.S. natural gas is en route to Portugal, the first shipment in a trade relationship that could shake up the European market. The 970-foot Continue Reading
As recently as a week ago, the energy bill that the U.S. Congress was considering was stalled and faced an uphill battle. But the Senate has sprung into action, and Continue Reading
Monthly U.S. natural gas production reached a record high level of 79 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2015, an increase of 5% from the previous year, even as Continue Reading
Working natural gas inventories ended the winter heating season at 2,478 billion cubic feet (Bcf), exceeding the previous end-of-March record high of 2,473 Bcf, set in 2012, according to EIA’s Continue Reading
The LNG Glut and the Golden Age of Gas, Part 1 ‘Where are all the LNG postponements?’ was the puzzled, plaintive warning heard from Oil & Gas experts Wood Mackenzie Continue Reading
Taking a long view on the global market, Russian energy company Gazprom said it selected St. Petersburg as the 2022 host of a liquefied natural gas summit. Billed as the Continue Reading
Summary As one of the seven largest natural gas producing regions in the U.S., the Eagle Ford is a significant area to understand for natural gas-oriented investors. In this article, Continue Reading
Adding on to the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline running from Russia to European shores would impact the regional market significantly, an EU official said. Russian energy company Gazprom in Continue Reading
Natural gas producers are finally realizing that the age-old adage is true: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Explorers have idled drilling equipment at historic rates — Continue Reading
Cheap natural gas has slashed coal traffic across the U.S. rail network and in turn hit demand for diesel, demonstrating the interlocking relationship between the country’s energy and transport systems. Continue Reading
The falling dominoes that are major liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects show that the industry needs a re-think on how it is structured and operates. Up until now LNG has Continue Reading
Natural gas is drilled in Pennsylvania. U.S. natural-gas production hit its highest level ever over the winter even in the face of low prices, a conundrum at the heart of Continue Reading
Natural gas prices took their second-biggest losses of March with stable weather reports capping a recent rally connected to expectations for strong heating demand. Futures for April delivery settled down Continue Reading
Swiss petrochemicals giant Ineos Group Holdings SA plans to accept the first American shipment of a type of shale gas to Europe on Wednesday—a milestone that marks the opening up Continue Reading
Chevron Corp. has shipped its first cargo of liquefied natural gas from its new multibillion-dollar plant off Australia’s west coast to a customer in Japan, the U.S. energy company said Continue Reading
The European Commission said Friday it supported Finland’s strategy to invest in a small-scale liquefied natural gas terminal as an energy security option. The commission said it supported the government’s Continue Reading
Europe’s at a crossroads in terms of ensuring reliable and sufficient natural gas supplies. According to figures from BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2015 , nearly 45 percent of Continue Reading
Money managers never saw the six-day rally in U.S. natural gas futures coming. Hedge funds missed out on the biggest rebound so far this year, boosting their net-short position in Continue Reading
The Cheniere-operated Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana is preparing to load its second cargo, market sources said Friday. The facility is understood to be taking more feed gas than Continue Reading
Total gas production across the seven primary US shale plays is expected to fall 450 MMcf/d month on month to a combined 46.308 Bcf/d in April, the Energy Information Administration Continue Reading
The first export shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in the Lower 48 states on February 24 is a milestone reflecting a decade of natural gas production growth that Continue Reading
The indicted, and now deceased, natural gas pioneer was a primary funder of the Sierra Club’s anti-coal campaign. by Richard Martin March 3, 2016 Aubrey McClendon, the former Chesapeake Energy Continue Reading
A pipeline consortium slated to bring non-Russian natural gas through southern Europe said it awarded contracts for pipeline construction in Greece and Albania. A joint venture formed by Italian engineering Continue Reading
