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U.S. Natgas Prices Soar 10% From 3-1/2-year Low as Chesapeake Cuts Output

 U.S. natural gas futures soared by about 10% on Wednesday after Chesapeake Energy – soon to be the biggest U.S. gas producer after its merger with Southwestern Energy – cut the amount of gas it plans to produce in 2024 due to the recent plunge in gas prices to a 3-1/2-year low.  See Chesapeake press …

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Tumbling U.S. Natural Gas Prices Prove Unstoppable, Hurting Producers

For nearly a year, U.S. natural gas producers have slammed the brakes on production as prices fall. But relentless output gains including from oil companies that pump gas as an oil byproduct have unleashed record supplies. In the oil versus gas contest, gas producers are losing out. Some are shutting in wells, canceling projects or …

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Wall Street Is Warming to Big Shale After $250 Billion of Deals

Shale drillers can ‘consolidate or get eaten’: Warwick CEO US oil producers now in ‘arms race’ for scale, investor says This week’s $26 billion combination of two Texas oil companies is the latest in a series of deals that’s ushering in the era of Big Shale. Wall Street, which eyed the sector with skepticism for …

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El Niño Pushes Real U.S. Gas Prices to Multi-Decade Low: Kemp

Inflation-adjusted U.S. gas prices have fallen to the lowest level for over 30 years as a mild winter and continued production growth leave the market carrying a growing surplus of inventories. Front-month futures for gas delivered at Henry Hub in Louisiana slumped to $1.58 per million British thermal units on Feb. 15, the lowest in …

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Pipeline Operator TC Energy Beats Fourth-Quarter Profit Estimates

Reuters Feb 16 (Reuters) – Pipeline operator TC Energy beat fourth-quarter profit estimates on Friday, helped by high demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG). The U.S. was the world’s top LNG exporter last year, after Europe imposed sanctions on Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Full-year exports from the United States rose 14.7%, driven largely by …

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U.S. Refinery M&A Stalls as Buyers Shun Aging Assets, Uncertain Future

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. oil industry saw nearly $200 billion in upstream deals last year, but the refining sector missed out despite plenty of willing sellers as the energy transition away from fossil fuels accelerates and casts doubt over the long-term value of aging U.S. refineries The growing number of operators looking to …

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Energy Transfer, Williams Trade Barbs as Gas Pipeline Spat Heats Up

ET executive calls anticompetitive claims ‘unfounded,’ ‘false’ Williams pushes back Louisiana project to 2025 amid dispute There’s no love lost between Energy Transfer LP and Williams Cos. The two pipeline giants hurled accusations at each other Wednesday and gave details of an ongoing court battle over building natural gas projects in Louisiana. Energy Transfer has been accused of …

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U.S. Natgas Drillers Cut Spending, Reduce Activity Amid Price Crash

U.S. natural gas producers are slashing spending and reducing drilling activity following a sharp decline in prices, companies said this week during earnings presentations and analyst calls. For months of relatively low gas prices, many producers kept output mostly steady on expectations that demand would rise in 2024 and 2025 when several liquefied natural gas …

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Halting American Natural Gas is a Dangerous Political Dance – Tim Tarley

Tim Tarpley On March 25, 2022, President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stood together and pledged to work together to lay the framework for a significant increase in U.S. liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to be imported into the European Union. This decision was vital in helping the European Union’s …

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U.S. Natgas Prices Fall 5% to 3-1/2-Year Low on Mild Winter Weather

U.S. natural gas futures fell about 5% on Tuesday to a fresh 3-1/2-year low on near-record output, ample amounts of fuel in storage and forecasts for warmer weather and less heating demand next week than previously expected. Traders also noted that gas flows to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants should remain low so …

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