07/26/2012 04:32 PM
The lingering heat has caused analysts to taper back projections for storage inventories. However, what are of great interest are the longer-term outlooks for early winter. According to the Nationa...
06/26/2012 01:05 AM
The year-over-year storage surplus, while receding, is still 680 Bcf higher than it was one year ago. In fact, storage inventories are at 72% of maximum workable capacity. This means that weekly i...
06/25/2012 06:26 PM
The July 2012 natural gas NYMEX contract will expire on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Above-normal temperatures are already expected to provide support to natural gas prices. Tropical Storm Debby onl...
06/25/2012 04:36 PM
Lower natural gas prices have continued to incent fuel switching from coal to natural gas by the electric power sector. In addition to economics, fuel switching to natural gas also is attractive be...
05/01/2012 02:00 AM
With total U.S. storage capacity estimated at around 4,200 Bcf and 27 weeks remaining in the summer injection cycle, weekly injections need to be just 60 Bcf/day to reach maximum storage capacity. ...
04/30/2012 04:54 PM
Widespread above-normal temperatures into the month of May are expected to cause the year-over-year natural gas storage surplus to expand even further.
03/28/2012 11:15 AM
Above-normal temperatures this winter dramatically reduced heating demand needs, leaving storage inventory levels at record highs for this time of the year. The current widespread above-normal temp...
03/27/2012 08:05 PM
The combination of a domestic surplus of natural gas and the rising cost of unleaded gasoline is leading to increased talk of natural gas vehicles (NGVs).
03/14/2012 11:05 AM
Energy Solutions, Inc., an educational provider of natural gas price information and price trends, has issued a Natural Gas Price Alert to notify natural gas buyers of an important natural gas purc...
03/13/2012 04:39 PM
Coal-to-natural gas fuel switching is likely to have the largest impact on natural gas demand in the next few years. If natural gas prices remain below the price of coal for an extended period of ...
03/08/2012 09:57 PM
Changing market factors have led to the reduction of forward price forecasts by numerous financial firms.
03/08/2012 09:55 PM
Changing market factors have led to the reduction of forward price forecasts by numerous financial firms.
03/07/2012 11:00 AM
Traditional natural gas flow patterns have changed, and there is now competition within the U.S. that never existed before.
03/06/2012 04:10 PM
Fundamentals for natural gas are bearish.
03/01/2012 04:28 PM
U.S. natural gas production levels have continued to climb even as natural gas prices have continued to fall. Historically, a decline in prices has prompted a reduction in production. However, this...
02/28/2012 08:40 PM
While it would appear that most natural gas producers have sufficient production hedged in the forward market to provide insulation from a weak price environment in 2012, there are several factors ...
02/27/2012 04:29 AM
02/24/2012 11:00 AM
This winter’s record warmth has slowed natural gas demand and increased the huge glut of natural gas in storage, and a cooler summer could cause it to expand even further yet.
02/23/2012 05:17 PM
Today's CFTC vote on the Dodd-Frank Act regulations will provide clarification on which banks, hedge funds, and energy companies will be defined as swap-dealers
02/21/2012 05:29 PM
There are no indicators that the oil-to-gas price ratio is likely to return to what it was prior to 2009. This is because natural gas production continues to flourish even at lower price levels be...
