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... briefly. The market has been buzzing about the prospects for the breach of this threshold since October, coming along ... dozen false starts, and countless pundit predictions. Now that it has happened, what does it mean — other than higher ... There’s no way to know what that war premium is, but we can generally estimate it at somewhere between $8 and ...
Rusty Braziel - Published February 24, 2022
... baker’s dozen of midstream companies as they compete for investor support. Taking advantage of the more stable, ... midstream MLPs were created as tax-efficient entities that aimed to distribute most of their cash flow to their ... holds only a 2% limited partnership interest, IDRs can range to up to 50% of the total distributions, sharply ...
Nick Cacchione - Published November 9, 2023
... higher incentive levels. We’ve also examined legislation that could expand the size and reach of those credits, along ... to technological readiness, there are a number of reasons for the lack of notable carbon-capture successes. In part due ... justify their projects. That means that their economics can be put at risk when oil prices drop. As a prime example ...
Jason Lindquist - Published March 17, 2022
... times in May and June. From our early expectations for production growth of 1.2 to 1.4 Bcf/d this year, the ... together in 2022, capped off with record gas production that year of 17.3 Bcf/d (dashed red circle in Figure 1), a ... in Western Canadian gas production. Although these can be significant, they are usually much shorter in duration ...
Martin King - Published June 22, 2023
... and its access to capital are changing in ways that make understanding sometimes inconsistent emissions data ... In Part 1 of this blog series we discussed how operators can begin to address key environmental goals while protecting ... potent over a 20-year time horizon. That means that, pound for pound, methane emissions may have an outsized near-term ...
Erin Tullos - Published March 9, 2023
... are opposites in many ways, including their expectations for power prices in the summer ahead. Texas set single-day ... we’ll examine the factors impacting Texas and California that are causing these polarizing power conditions. ... challenge in recent years. Over the long term, hydropower can meet as little as 7% of the state’s power needs in dry ...
Lisa Shidler - Published June 11, 2024
... send gas at Waha spiraling to devastatingly low prices for producers. However, there are a number of ways producers ... pipeline utilization and prices. Gas flow data indicates that Permian outflows have increased in just about every ... Bakken producers in North Dakota, though state regulations can be a limiting factor (see There’s a Fire in the Night ...
Sheetal Nasta - Published June 3, 2018
... of a $5.2 billion acquisition as a “bolt-on,” but that’s what EQT Corp. — the U.S.’s #1 natural gas ... hydrocarbon demand — and prices — will remain strong for years to come; (2) a preference among many larger E&Ps to ... When you’ve got that much acreage and production, you can see why EQT referred to the Tug Hill deal as a bolt-on ...
Housley Carr - Published September 30, 2022
... Energy Center (EIEC) and South Texas Gateway (STG) — that can partially load the huge 2-MMbbl VLCCs (Very Large Crude ... to Houston on pipelines with capacity to spare. The catch for Permian shippers with capacity on Permian-to-Houston ...
Housley Carr - Published September 24, 2023
... major developments already taking shape and the potential for more. At the same time, the need to move natural gas east ... Energy Partners — a leading midstream player in that space — is looking for ways to make fuller use of its ... RBN Pipeline conversions are nothing new but moving CO 2 can be a tricky process. When shipped on a pipeline, the CO 2 ...
Jason Lindquist - Published July 7, 2022
Todd Root 2023 has been a tough year for the U.S. propane market. After peaking at a 167 c/gal ... trading at ~65 c/gal. Some of the weakness in propane can be attributed to lower crude oil prices but a lot of ... market fundamentals. The right-hand chart below shows that the Propane-to-WTI ratio currently stands at a paltry ...
Todd Root - Published November 22, 2023
Housley Carr It’s been a devastating few weeks for the natural gas market. Sure, Shale Era abundance was ... going to happen until this time next year . With all that, you’ve gotta ask — as we do in today’s RBN blog ... to the 2025 startup of LNG Canada. (Further, in 2026 we can expect LNG feedgas demand to increase by another 3 Bcf/d ...
Housley Carr - Published March 28, 2024
Housley Carr It’s been a devastating few weeks for the natural gas market. Sure, Shale Era abundance was ... going to happen until this time next year . With all that, you’ve gotta ask — as we do in today’s RBN blog ... to the 2025 startup of LNG Canada. (Further, in 2026 we can expect LNG feedgas demand to increase by another 3 Bcf/d ...
Housley Carr - Published February 29, 2024
... Ingleside Energy Center (EIEC) — and related assets for US$3 billion and then, on August 1, Gibson Energy announced that it had closed on the US$1.1 billion purchase of the ... imports. (It’s nice to have a friendly neighbor you can rely on.) Canada also accounts for 99% of U.S. natural ...
Housley Carr - Published August 13, 2023
... 2.5 times the rate of crude oil or natural gas and 1.5X that of other natural gas liquids (NGLs). And there’s a lot ... is being driven by increasing domestic and export demand for the petrochemical feedstock. Shell’s new steam cracker ... factors — ethane rejection economics. Those economics can drive significant swings in ethane volumes recovered from ...
Todd Root - Published January 18, 2023
... from eight Corn Belt states to remove a summertime waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) included in the Clean Air Act ... footing as E10. In granting the approval, the EPA conceded that the distribution system wasn’t ready for the change. ... comparable amount of gasoline. (Further, gasoline blenders can generate additional RIN credits by blending more ethanol, ...
Ellen Chang - Published April 10, 2024
Sheetal Nasta Market signals are suggesting that we’re on the cusp of another midstream revival. Higher ... midstreamers would swoop in right about now with plans for a host of pipeline expansions to relieve bottlenecks and ... although he said it’s possible the sector’s top tier can deliver “modest growth” at market-competitive returns ...
Sheetal Nasta - Published November 7, 2021
... Texas coast has transformed itself into a top-tier hub for hydrocarbons. Crude oil exports stand out, of course, ... we discuss our latest product: a digital, interactive map that helps makes sense of a spaghetti bowl of pipelines, ... into the nation’s #2 export terminal. Both terminals can handle Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) and (as we noted ...
Housley Carr - Published January 4, 2023
... a well-known fact in the energy and petchem industries that ethane is either “rejected” into natural gas or used as a feedstock for steam crackers. But piping ethane to NGL hubs, crackers, ... 70% higher Btu value than methane, and too much rejection can make pipeline gas “too hot” for downstream consumers. ...
Housley Carr - Published January 28, 2021
... onshore will hold out. Upstream investors want to be sure that producers have adequate acreage inventory to maintain ... number of years of remaining reserves life. And we can make the same calculation at the basin level. Below, we ... 2021 production (orange bars), we see that crude reserves for the selected basins are generally around 10x production ...
David Braziel - Published April 5, 2023