Articles by Ellen Beswick

Growth in North American natural gas traffic is migrating south to Mexico from Canada, according to the latest trade scorecard... Read More

Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP, a “web-like” interstate natural gas pipeline system bordering the Gulf of Mexico, has stirred up a firestorm among its myriad distributor and producer customers with its first new rate filing in 17 years, which includes higher rates and a new zone system. Read More

The Obama administration, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), continues to favor a multifaceted approach to clean energy that includes natural gas, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told a Resources for the Future (RFF) audience Thursday. Read More

The Central United States will suffer below-normal temperatures through December, while above-normal temperatures are expected in the western and eastern thirds of the country, according to the latest forecast from Weather Services International (WSI). Read More

The North American Energy Standards Board has ratified and will file with FERC a revised timeline for natural gas nomination cycles. And at the same time a splinter group of southwestern utilities has put together an alternative proposal, according to a Commission update issued Thursday on gas-electric coordination. Read More

Republican Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia plans to leave the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Aug. 8, after having labored four and a half years through market reforms mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Read More

It wouldn't be a stretch for the United States to ramp up production to serve a 10 Bcf/d liquefied natural gas (LNG) export market by 2020, but whether the prospective exports would cause higher domestic natural gas prices could hinge on whether those exports are tied to Henry Hub gas or to or higher Brent crude equivalents, according to Patrick Rau, Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI) director of strategy and research. Read More

It wouldn't be a stretch for the United States to ramp up production to serve a 10 Bcf/d liquefied natural gas... Read More

Natural gas production is increasing while natural gas trading activity is declining, according to recent reports from the Energy Information Administration and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Read More

Natural gas production is increasing while natural gas trading activity is declining, according to recent reports from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, respectively. Read More