State-run gas utility GAIL declared that it will partner flagship refiner-marketer IndianOil Corporation in bidding for development of Nigeria’s gas infrastructure. GAIL was in March 2009 pre-qualified as a potential core investor for participation in the Nigerian Gas Master Plan Infrastructure Development project. For full story, click here
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market news The high US$6 – mid US$7 NYMEX future price seems to be relatively stable given the incredible volatility of other commodities and market indices. Though this stability is preventing gas investors from riding the same emotional rollercoaster that most other investors have boarded, it [...]
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market News: It seems as if natural gas futures have hit a band of support in the $7.25-$7.50 range, which is good news for investors as winter approaches. Structural factors suggest that natural gas will become dearer in winter, especially if the current low prices have [...]
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market News: The American Energy Information Administration (the U.S. Government’s register of official energy statistic) is still forecasting an increase in home heating costs over the winter. The EIA did note that its figures were subject to change as new information about the extent of the [...]
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 [...]
By Duncan Sutherland- Exclusive to Gas Investing News Company news The headline this week is obviously Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) and the Iraqi government putting ink to paper on a US$4 billion joint venture deal that will see the company collect flareoff from oil production in Southern Iraq’s Al-Basra province. In even better news, Shell opened a [...]
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Market news Ouch! Natural gas futures are hovering at six-month lows, in the mid-high US$7 range, on the NYMEX. Down by almost half their values in July, futures contracts reflect a growing conventional wisdom that demand is not going to keep up with American production “rising [...]
By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News Bloomberg reported that NYMEX natural gas futures have lowered to their lowest in six months. The huge decline in the past month is comprised of multiple factors. First, the increased output and stockpiles have reassured traders of supply security. Second, the commodity drawdown has lured hedging [...]
By Duncan Sutherland- Exclusive to Gas Investing News Natural gas futures prices subsided over the past week. Down more than a dollar since the 23rd, it seems likely that a further drop is forthcoming given continuing consumer malaise in the United States. Bloomberg is reporting that “Inventories gained 70 billion cubic feet” in the country [...]
By Duncan Sutherland- Exclusive to Gas Investing News Contracts for August delivery of natural gas slid before the weekend as Tropical Storm Dolly appeared to be dissipating. However, the storm intensified into a hurricane early in the week, spurring precautionary shutdowns of some oil and gas infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. Reuters is reporting [...]
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