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NGI’s Hub & Flow is a podcast for busy natural gas professionals interested in a quick take on North American energy markets. Join Natural Gas Intelligence's trusted reporters, editors and analysts as they discuss what is driving supply and demand fundamentals, prices and movements in the natural gas and LNG markets in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
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In this episode of NGI’s Hub and Flow, NGI’s Carolyn Davis, managing editor, is joined by Carson Kearl, the lead analyst for Enverus Intelligence Research about data centers and advanced energy technologies. Power generation for the energy-intensive centers is expected to grow across the Lower 48 by double-digits in the next few years, and Kearl shares recent Enverus research on the implications for the domestic natural gas market.
Neil Chatterjee, a former FERC chairman and commissioner, joins NGI’s Jamison Cocklin, managing editor of LNG, to discuss the political and regulatory aspects of President Biden’s pause on authorizing new liquefied natural gas export projects.
Chatterjee, currently an environmental and energy attorney at Hogan Lovells in Washington, DC, discusses the legality of the pause, the U.S. LNG review process and the deadlock at FERC that’s slowing down projects like Venture Global LNG Inc.’s CP2 facility.
Energy and environmental policy expert Chris Treanor, executive director of the Partnership to Address Global Emissions (PAGE), joins NGI Senior Editor of LNG Jacob Dick to recap some of the highlights from CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston and what could be ahead for the natural gas industry during this election year. Treanor and Dick discuss the need for constructive policies around LNG and natural gas generally, in order to meet climate goals while protecting energy security for the United States and its allies. Treanor shares his reaction to comments made by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at the conference, as well as his thoughts on the Biden administration’s pause of LNG export approvals.
1In the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, NGI Senior Markets Editor Kevin Dobbs interviews Paragon Global Markets LLC’s Steve Blair, managing director of institutional energy sales.
Blair addresses production and supplies in storage, domestic weather and LNG demand, and sets the stage for the summer ahead in natural gas markets.
Blair noted that, while prices are currently suppressed following a mild winter and record production during the heating season, natural gas output in recent weeks has come off record highs. Major producers such as Chesapeake Energy and EQT Corp. have publicly announced efforts to scale back production to align supply/demand. Forecasts, meanwhile, point to another hot summer. Longer term, LNG export facilities are poised to open soon on the Gulf Coast to meet growing global gas needs. Should demand rise in parallel with lower production, markets could rally.
Blair and Dobbs delve into the state of natural gas markets.
NGI senior editor Chris Lention interviewed Mexico energy expert Rosanety Barrios in the latest NGI podcast. Barrios is the head of the energy team for Mexican presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, who remains behind in polling but is gaining ground on the establishment pick, Claudia Sheinbaum. Topics discussed included Gálvez’s plans for the energy sector, focusing on the role of natural gas. They dive into how natural gas pricing plays into energy security, as well as LNG export projects, the future of refineries and the burning of fuel oil. They discuss how Cenagas will be employed in a new government, including open access policies, the transformation of the state companies CFE and Pemex, jump-starting Mexico's natural gas production, and ultimately what Barrios would prioritize if she were to become Mexico's next Energy Minister.
What is the outlook for North American natural gas? We discuss this and more in NGI's latest podcast diving into energy company fourth quarter earnings reports, Wall Street’s consensus estimates and thoughts on the quarterly Nabors Industries Ltd. survey of major U.S. E&P customers and how predictive it is of rig counts.
Flex LNG CEO Oystein Kalleklev joins NGI's Senior LNG Editor Jamison Cocklin to discuss attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea and how the security situation is impacting the global natural gas market.
Flex owns a fleet of LNG carriers. The episode explores why the attacks have so far done little to disrupt LNG shipping and how that could change if they continue longer-term. Kalleklev also weighs in on the Biden administration's decision to pause U.S. export authorizations.
After the Jan. 26 announcement from the Biden administration that Department of Energy authorizations for new LNG export projects will be paused for an open-ended period, speculation has swirled about what that could mean for the industry and global supply.
Rapidan Energy Group's Alex Munton joins NGI's Jacob Dick to discuss what it means, why it happens and which developing projects might be the most impacted.
At a recent energy conference in the booming border town of Monterrey, NGI Mexico Senior Editor Chris Lenton was among panelists exploring the changing dynamics of the Mexico natural gas market. In this podcast, NGI North America Senior Editor Andrew Baker interviews Chris on the main takeaways from the conference from his viewpoint along with major industrialists, businessmen, traders and government officials in Mexico. They discuss the upcoming election in Mexico, the overall mood in the country, how the market has changed under the six years of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and how the U.S. pause on export licenses for LNG could impact Mexico LNG projects and perhaps even pipeline shipments.
After one of the warmest Decembers on record, Old Man Winter arrived in grand fashion in January, sending temperatures plunging and natural gas prices skyrocketing. NGI Price & Markets Editor Leticia Gonzales is joined by Senior Markets Editors Kevin Dobbs, Chris Newman and Jodi Shafto to discuss the impacts the Arctic blast had on natural gas prices, production, storage, midstream infrastructure and the power grid. Is the natural gas market prepared for another frigid spell in February? NGI's Thought Leaders share their insights on the latest winter storm and the expectations for the rest of winter in the latest episode of NGI's Hub & Flow.
In the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, NGI Senior Markets Editor Kevin Dobbs interviews Thomas Saal, senior vice president of energy at StoneX Financial.
Saal digs into supplies in storage, record production, speculators' impact, moderate winter weather-driven demand so far and LNG export activity – the myriad pieces that make up the winter supply/demand puzzle and how they may impact prices through the heating season and beyond.
Saal and Dobbs spoke shortly after the latest Energy Information (EIA) storage report was released on Thursday. EIA printed a 117 Bcf withdrawal for the week ended Dec. 1. It marked the second consecutive triple-digit pull of the season. Yet inventories remained nearly 7% above the five-year average for this time of year.
Record production in November that topped 106 Bcf/d, combined with mostly benign weather through the fall, accounted for much of the difference. But the overall natural gas picture is more complicated than that. Dobbs and Sall delve into more detail.
Mexico’s demand for U.S. natural gas continues to mount, and 2024 appears no different. Following a recent cross-border conference, NGI’s Christopher Lenton and Andrew Baker read the tea leaves regarding market sentiment while diving into the various factors driving Mexico’s growing demand for U.S. natural gas, including power generation, LNG projects and nearshoring, as well as the implications of Mexico’s upcoming presidential election.
Amid an increasingly positive outlook for natural gas, North American midstream companies stand ready to connect supply with demand markets in the Lower 48 and beyond. NGI's Leticia Gonzales, Kevin Dobbs, Josiah Clinedinst and Josten Mavez discuss the slew of pipeline, gathering and processing projects planned in the U.S., as well as the natural gas pricing dynamics driving those developments and the projects that lie ahead.
Join NGI's Patrick Rau for his quarterly review of North America natural gas earnings calls as he discusses whether the recent ExxonMobil/Pioneer and Chevron/Hess deals have ushered in the next wave of M&A activity among larger cap E&P names, the latest on U.S. LNG and an early look at 2024 U.S. producer activity.
Abaxx Chief Commercial Officer Joe Raia joins NGI’s Senior LNG Editor Jamison Cocklin to discuss Abaxx’s ongoing efforts to launch a new commodity exchange that will list LNG, nickel and carbon futures initially.
Abaxx’s new regulated futures clearinghouse will be the first launched in over a decade. Its plans to list physically settled contracts for the three major LNG markets in Northwest Europe, North Asia and the Gulf Coast comes as the global gas market is searching for a better benchmark to manage increasing risk and volatility. Those contracts are coming closer to being a reality after the company completed its latest round of financing to secure nearly $20 million.
In the latest podcast, NGI's Mexico Editor Christopher Lenton interviews Tony Payan, Director, Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The focus of the podcast is on the upcoming presidential election in Mexico. The race is down to Claudia Sheinbaum of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Morena party and Xochitl Gálvez of the opposition coalition who is rising rapidly in polling. Who might win is the big question, but also what are their positions, and how might each differ from López Obrador? It promises to be a fascinating period between now and June's vote, and this podcast is essential listening as a guide on what to expect.
In the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, Senior Markets Editor Kevin Dobbs interviews Steve Blair, senior account executive at Marex North America LLC. Blair addresses possible production cuts, supplies in storage, weather demand, Australian LNG strikes, war in Russia and more – setting the stage for winter supply/demand and what may happen with prices through the heating season.
As Blair noted, many analysts think falling rig counts are starting to contribute to lower output estimates. At the same time, winter weather is around the corner and new LNG export facilities are poised to open soon on the Gulf Coast. If these demand drivers develop in concert with lower production, markets could rally. Blair and Dobbs explain why.
NGI LNG editors Jamison Cocklin and Jacob Dick give an update on dozens of LNG export projects that are advancing across North America. They review what’s under construction and what’s been proposed, and examine the prospects for projects that haven’t been sanctioned, as well as the challenges facing projects at all stages of development.
Perhaps no theme during 2Q23 North American natural gas earnings conference calls was discussed more than the need for L48 natural gas production to increase in order to service the next wave of U.S. natural gas export facilities. NGI's Patrick Rau discusses factors that may both support and impede that effort.
Natural gas demand for power generation has soared to new heights this summer as record heat in June and July fueled air-conditioning consumption. LNG demand also is trending higher year/year as Freeport’s return has kept feed gas deliveries strong in spite of seasonal maintenance at other facilities. This begs the question: Why are natural gas prices in the dumps, and when can we expect the market to move closer into balance?
In this episode of the podcast, NGI Price & Markets Editor Leticia Gonzales is joined by Price Analysts Josiah Clinedinst and Josten Mavez to discuss everything from production trends to pipeline outages, as well as what may lie ahead for the natural gas market in the coming months.
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