(Oil & Gas 360) – The Climate Still Minimizing Natural Gas Demand, Prices And Expectations Have A Notable Summer Rally Set Up. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 setting new highs need a Drilling Boom to keep fueling prosperity production and value increasing. Quite a few are pleasantly surprised by the NASDAQ (Figure 1, green line) and S&P 500 (blue line) setting
Natural Gas Inventories as of May 22, 2026 The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 92 Bcf as of May 22, 2026. Working gas in storage was 2,483 Bcf as of Friday, May 22, 2026, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 92 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – If the Permian Basin is America’s oil engine, the Appalachian Basin is its natural gas foundation. Stretching across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, eastern Ohio, and parts of surrounding states, Appalachia has quietly become the largest natural gas producing basin in the United States—and one of the most consequential gas provinces in the
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Energy markets are becoming increasingly defined by shrinking buffers. This week, traders, policymakers, and producers all focused on the same concern: the world has less margin for disruption than it did even a year ago. Tight inventories, constrained LNG supply, and rising geopolitical pressure around Hormuz are forcing markets to reprice risk faster and
(Investing) – An oil pipeline operated by Plains All American in East Los Angeles, California, was shut down after a rupture, the company said on Friday. The line was struck by a third party conducting excavation work, the company added. It did not provide details on how much oil may have leaked or a timeline on when flows would be restored. The ruptured pipeline
(BOE Report) – U.S. underground natural gas storage capacity of the 375 active storage fields in the Lower 48 states increased in 2025, according to an annual report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday. The EIA uses two metrics to assess storage capacity: demonstrated peak capacity, which rose 0.1%, or 6 billion cubic feet (bcf), in 2025,
Natural Gas Inventories as of May 15, 2026 The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 101 Bcf as of May 15, 2026. Working gas in storage was 2,391 Bcf as of Friday, May 15, 2026, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 101 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were
(BOE Report) – Goldman Sachs said in a note on Tuesday that U.S. natural gas production is showing signs of price sensitivity as Henry Hub prices moved back above $3 per million British thermal units this week for the first time since late March. The bank sees the ongoing signs of U.S. dry gas production price sensitivity as the most
(Oil & Gas 360) – Freedom Of When/What/How To Work Has Us Heading To More Prosperity, With Profitable, Yet Affordable, Oil & Nat. Gas Prices Driving & Providing. Decision makers able to Do have today’s current month, closing crude oil futures price down at $101.02, down $11.93 from its April 7, $112.95 high. The Strait of Hormuz closing, with Operation Epic
(World Oil) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation aimed at preventing future presidential administrations from pausing or delaying liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals, drawing support from oil and gas industry organizations and energy workforce groups. The proposed LNG Export Security Act, introduced by Senators John Cornyn and John Fetterman, would amend the Natural Gas Act to strengthen protections for LNG
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – (Part 5 of 6)- Modern energy markets are not broken. They are optimized. Over the last decade, oil and gas have been reshaped by a single, dominant objective: capital efficiency. Excess capacity was punished. Idle inventory was criticized. Returns mattered more than buffers. The industry responded rationally by removing slack from
Natural Gas Inventories as of May 8, 2026 The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 85 Bcf as of May 8, 2026. Working gas in storage was 2,290 Bcf as of Friday, May 8, 2026, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 85 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were
