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.
The NGL business is one of the most logistically complex segments of the energy industry. To really make sense of it you need to step back and look at the big picture. That’s exactly what our new U.S. NGL Infrastructure Map provides — a comprehensive view of the entire NGL value chain.
After years of prioritizing balance sheet repair and shareholder returns, upstream E&Ps are facing a dramatically different commodity environment. With cash flows rising, producers faced pressures to reassess priorities as hydrocarbon prices increased. Today, we look at how they responded.
The monthly and weekly Propane Billboard reports feature insightful commentary and analysis of historical and anticipated trends in the U.S with a deep dive into the propane supply and demand balance by PADD. It includes a custom 1-year forecast with commentary and analysis on emerging market opportunities.
U.S. oil and gas rig count edged up one rig to 563 for the week ending June 18 according to Baker Hughes data, with the Niobrara (+1) the week's sole basin mover as all other basins held steady.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on applying its “blanket authorization” rules to a lot more gas pipeline projects than in the past. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss the proposal and what the planned change would mean for pipeline owners and developers.
U.S. propane inventories continue to climb. The EIA reported a larger-than-expected inventory build, pushing stocks to 87.4 MMbbl, 29% above year-ago levels and 35% above the five-year average. Propane exports moved lower week over week but remained above year-ago levels.
With a line of sight to expanding pipeline capacity from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, producers plan to grow crude oil production. Today, we go through all the Alberta oil sands growth projects planned over the next several years.
U.S. Gulf Coast crude exports fell to 4.7 MMb/d for the week ending June 12 (far right of chart below), but still remain above the 2026 year-to-date (YTD) average of 4.5 MMb/d. Europe reclaimed its position as the primary destination for U.S.
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Keyera Corp. provided a business update on June 16, a few weeks after having closed the acquisition of Plains’ Canadian NGLs business.
U.S. LNG feedgas jumped by about 1 Bcf/d in the last week as the maintenance season winds to a close. Corpus Christi and Freeport are back to full operations.
U.S. LNG feedgas demand averaged 17.9 Bcf/d for the week ending June 14 (see blue-dotted line below), up 0.95 Bcf/d week-on-week.
Rising demand for natural gas in the U.S. Northeast and regions to its south and west is spurring the development of gas pipeline projects that collectively will enable Marcellus/Utica E&Ps to ratchet up their production into the 2030s. In today’s RBN blog, we continue our review of these projects.
