Production Cuts Sustain Natural Gas Futures Rally; Pipeline Maintenance Hammers Waha Cash Prices

Natural gas futures on Tuesday notched a fourth-straight day of gains – albeit barely – on maintenance-induced reductions to already lower production activity. At A Glance: Production hits May low Weather forecasts mixed LNG steadies above 12 Bcf/d Coming off a cumulative gain of more than 25 cents over the prior three sessions, the June…

NFE Expects First Cargo From Offshore Mexico LNG Project in June

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) expects its floating LNG (FLNG) platform offshore Altamira, Mexico to produce first volumes later this month after experiencing a mechanical issue in April. NFE management in the first quarter earnings report said that the first cargo could be loaded at the liquefied natural gas facility in June. The company previously…

May 8, 2024

Williams CEO Says Natural Gas Demand Accelerating, but ‘Oversupplied’ Market Needs to be ‘Patient’ 

Williams executives are expecting strong growth for natural gas consumption in the years ahead, but said those levels of demand may not come “quite as quickly as a lot of people think,” and, in one case, that demand was not enough to overcome opposition to a pipeline project. “Natural gas demand is not just growing…

May 8, 2024

Former FERC Chairman Chatterjee Sees LNG Permit Pathways Improving, but DOE Pause Clouds Outlook

While regulatory uncertainty from the Department of Energy (DOE) hangs over U.S. LNG development, former FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee sees the pathway for permitting at the Commission improving. The liquefied natural gas industry’s focus has largely been pulled to the DOE since January, when the Biden administration ordered the agency to study the impact of…

May 8, 2024

BP Playing Contrarian on Low Natural Gas Prices, as Haynesville Output ‘Hedged Out’ through 2024

BP plc will continue to pump out “prolific” natural gas volumes from the Haynesville Shale as hedges are in place pricing the supply at around $4.00/Mcf through this year, CEO Murray Auchincloss said Tuesday.  Auchincloss discussed first quarter performance during a conference call. He was asked why domestic gas volumes continue to be high in…

May 8, 2024