Articles Tagged "generation"

South Parse: Dead cat bounce

By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market news A mild rebound for hard-hit natural gas futures has developed over the past few days. Like the Dow Jones, oil prices and the Asian market indices, natural gas futures are also in a state of flux. The instability is fairly easy to source: investors [...]

South Parse: Focus on Iraq

By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market news The radical realignment of oil and gas prices after Hurricane Gustav’s relatively tranquil passage through the Gulf of Mexico has been interesting to watch. NYMEX futures showed light crude taking a body blow, while natural gas seemed to largely shrug off the news. Part [...]

South Parse: August 5

By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News The tropical storm Edouard made landfall near Galveston Tuesday, with wind speeds approaching hurricane status. Prompted by fears of the storm, oil and gas companies in the Gulf evacuated 23 platforms, or “3.2% of the 717 manned platforms” in the region accounting for 7.21% of natural [...]

Natural gas prices set to rise

A report from CIBC World Markets Inc. says that natural-gas prices will rise as North American utilities shift from coal-fired generation to cleaner burning natural-gas generation. For full story, click here