- Analyst Insight
Expansion of MVP Takes Another Step Forward
EQT announced an open season on a 0.5-Bcf/d expansion of MVP, boosting a pipeline that flowed near capacity during last winter.
RBN’s Daily Energy Blog and Insights sharpen your energy IQ through fundamentals-based analysis that makes sense of North America’s energy market dynamics.
- Analyst Insight
PADD 1 Inventories Drop in Unseasonal Propane Draw
Mid-July propane draw in PADD 1? Not exactly what you'd expect this time of year.
- Analyst Insight
LNG Canada Gas Intake Finally Ramping Higher
LNG Canada's gas intake is averaging about 450 MMcf/d in July as Train 1 slowly ramps toward full capacity in the next month or two.
- Blog
Shake, Rattle and Roll - Produced Water Volumes, Regulation and Innovation in the Permian
There’s a lot going on in the Permian produced water space lately. Crude-oil-focused production in the prolific shale play is generating vast and increasing volumes of produced water that needs to be recycled or injected into disposal wells.
- Analyst Insight
U.S. Crude Exports Finally Break Through 4-Week Average
Crude oil exports finally broke through the four-week average to 3.6 MMB/d last week.
- Analyst Insight
Venture Global Moves its Projects Forward
Venture Global is making moves. CP2 is closer to FID with another new long-term offtaker. Meanwhile, commissioning progresses at Plaquemines LNG. For more, see this week’s LNG Voyager report.
- Analyst Insight
Frac Spread - Chart Toppers
Ethane’s out of the red.
After a dip into negative pricing last month, ethane is back in the black—thanks to the end of tariffs that had been dragging down the frac spread.
- Blog
Two Gunslingers - The Duel Over Moving Bakken Shale NGLs to Downstream Fractionators
Associated gas production in the Bakken Shale continues to increase and, with more NGL pipeline capacity coming online and a new option on the horizon, there’s a gunfight brewing between two of the U.S.’s largest midstreamers.
RBN Crude Voyager
The Crude Voyager is a weekly analysis of U.S. Gulf Coast loading activity that explains the ebbs and flows of crude loadings, destinations, and geopolitical issues impacting U.S. exports. It outlines the major paths for laden tankers hauling U.S. crude all over the world and reflects the change in tanker departures to the main regions that consume U.S. crude.
- Analyst Insight
Summer Heartbreak – WTI Midland Crude Still Looking for Love
WTI Midland crude that comes from the Permian has recently been trading at a price differential that is near its lowest point in more than two years.
- Analyst Insight
Diesel Price Spread Vs. Crude Oil Highest in a Year
The price spread of U.S. Gulf Coast diesel over crude oil (MEH WTI Houston) has surged over the past four weeks.
