Natural Gas
Shale Oil And Gas Industry: 80% Of Its Value Destroyed In 10 Years
Recently, the former CEO of the largest shale gas producer in the United States told a roomful of conference goers what any competent financial analysis would have revealed many years ago: the shale oil and gas industry as a whole has been destroying capital since its inception. “The fact is that every time they put the drill […]
Natural Gas: The Hottest Fossil Fuel
In recent years, global coal consumption growth has slowed. In developed areas such as the U.S. and the European Union, coal consumption has been declining for over a decade. While the world will continue to use coal for decades, its days as a growth industry appear to be behind it. Likewise, oil appears to be […]
Low Natural Gas Prices Fuel The US LNG Bull Run
It is the legally mandated purpose of a for-profit corporation to make money for its owners and to prioritize that goal above all else. So, it is no surprise that U.S. natural gas producers have been seeking relief from domestic prices that have generally hovered between $2 and $4 per thousand cubic feet for most of […]
4 Natural Gas Stocks To Buy For A Cold Winter
A cold winter could lead to hot performance from these natural gas stocks Natural gas prices finally are showing some signs of life. Prices have rallied of late amid projections for a colder winter — and higher natural gas demand. A current national average near $3.20 represents an eight-month high — despite the recent dip […]
Buy This Export To China That Is Exempt From Tariffs
Sometimes investment opportunities can be found in the most innocuous of headlines. A perfect example of this occurred in the back-and-forth tariff threats between the U.S. and China. One of the Chinese government’s threatened retaliation measures would be to impose tariffs on the most successful export industry the United States has had in recent years […]
Surprise Inventory Drawdown Signals Higher Natural Gas Prices Ahead
The U.S. electric power sector burned through a record amount of natural gas in recent weeks, a sign of the shifting power generation mix and also a signal that natural gas supplies could get tighter than many analysts had previously expected. The EIA reported a surprise drawdown in natural gas inventories for the week ending on August […]
IEA: Golden Age Of Natural Gas On Hold
The next five years will bring a reshaping of the global gas trade, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday in its 2016 Medium-Term Gas Market Report. New liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are coming online just as demand growth in some major markets weakens, resulting in major shifts in global gas trade patterns. A […]
Natural Gas Prices Should Double, And Here Is Why
Natural gas prices should double over the next year. Over-supply plus a warm 2015-2016 winter have resulted in low gas prices. That is about to change because supply is decreasing (Figure 1). Figure 1. EIA U.S. natural gas supply balance and forecast. Production, consumption and supply balance values are 12-month moving averages. Source: EIA and […]
Natural Gas Price: 2016 Rebound?
Is There Any Hope For A Natural Gas Price Rebound? Much like the price of oil, the natural gas price has been decimated the past few years. In fact, the commodity recently plunged to new decade lows under $1.90 mmBtu. At that price, natural gas is 70% lower than where it trade in early 2014. […]
Natural Gas News: Any Hope For Bulls?
Natural Gas News: Where’s The Bottom? No doubt about it, the situation in natural gas has officially gone from bad to downright ridiculous. The commodity broke to new decade lows below $1.90 mmBtu yesterday thanks to weeks of freakishly warm weather in Eastern US. Fact is, temperatures across the Eastern seaboard have been well above […]
