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OPIS North America LPG Report
Tuesday, 06/30/2015

June 29, 2015 – OPIS

OPIS North America LPG Report

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NGL prices are expected to advance through the remaining six months of 2015, but gains are expected to remain limited. Mt. Belvieu ethane, currently just under 19cts/gal on a spot settlement basis today, is projected to hit just over 21cts/gal by December 2015, Friday's OPIS NGL Forwards Report shows.

In the meantime, ethane's story is really that of natural gas. July natural gas futures settled at $2.773/MMbtu on Thursday. The December contract settled at $3.106/MMbtu...

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Disappearing Bakken oil discount adds to output slowdown signs
Wednesday, 06/10/2015

June 10, 2015 – Reuters

Disappearing Bakken oil discount adds to output slowdown signs

By Catherine Ngai

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil traders scrambling to secure crude in the U.S. Midwest have pushed North Dakota's Bakken to a near premium for the first time in two years, a rally stoked by record refinery runs and an unprecedented slump in Canadian imports.

Read the full story here: http://finance.yahoo.com/...

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Low prices lead to opportunities: Braziel
Friday, 06/05/2015

June 4, 2015 – Platts Gas Daily

Low prices lead to opportunities: Braziel

By: Jim Magill

RBN analyst Rusty Braziel said low gas commodity prices might paradoxically create opportunities for gas producers and marketers. “Not only are natural gas prices down, crude oil prices are down, in fact proportionally they’re down more. And because both are down, the rig count is way down,” Braziel said in an interview.

Because the rig count is down, oil and gas producers are locked in negotiations with oilfield service providers, such as...

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Incoming! Marcellus Pipelines To Strike The Gulf Coast Spot Price
Monday, 05/04/2015

May 1, 2015 – Oil & Gas Investor

Incoming! Marcellus Pipelines To Strike The Gulf Coast Spot Price

By: Nissa Darbonne

Rusty Braziel spent most of his career figuring out how to get Midcontinent and Gulf Coast gas to the Northeast. “Now these guys don’t need it anymore,” Braziel noted in a recent ADAM-Houston meeting.

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Fewer Oil Trains Ply America’s Rails
Tuesday, 04/07/2015

April 6, 2015 – The Wall Street Journal

Fewer Oil Trains Ply America’s Rails

By: Alison Sider

The growth in oil-train shipments fueled by the U.S. energy boom has stalled in recent months, dampened by safety problems and low crude prices.

The number of train cars carrying crude and other petroleum products peaked last fall, according to data from the Association of American Railroads, and began edging down. In March, oil-train traffic was down 7% on a year-over-year basis.

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