Natural Gas

natural gas companies, natural gas prices

It's strange but true – some of the best performing energy stocks in Canada have been the junior GAS stocks. And there is also an argument that the future may be brighter than previously thought for a select few gas stocks. All these stocks have three things in common: 1.      They have...
WHY DOES RICK SOUND SO HAPPY IN THIS ENERGY MARKET? INTERVIEW WITH RICK RULE, SPROTT US HOLDINGS INC. Rick Rule is a naturally happy guy, despite being immersed in one of the most depressed parts of the economy right now.  I’ve known Rick for almost two decades, and it was his...
Canadian LNG–Liquefied Natural Gas–exports aren’t getting a lot of respect these days, partly due to low LNG prices, and partly because of the high profile environmental opposition to Petronas’ proposed terminal location at Lelu Island near Prince Rupert. But behind the headlines, LNG Canada, a joint venture led by Shell...
Investing in Condensate, Part I  explained what this hot new commodity is; Part II outlined the bullish case for Canadian condensate demand, and in this third and final article on condensate, I review American efforts to move their glut of condensate north. Condensate is making uneconomic gas wells profitable for producers in the...
The Good News: Hope is Leaving the Natural Gas Market In the last few days I have read two major investment groups in the natural gas market put off any hope of recovery in the natural gas price until at least next year, and maybe even 2011-12. And yes, this is...
Even before Tuesday's big jump in natural gas prices, I was intrigued to see some of the leading natgas stocks in the US hold up or go up on days natgas was down this week, like EQT, Southwestern, and Rice Energy, (which my colleague Bill Powers profiled at $9.47/share on...
When investors ask me about investing in natural gas stocks, I give them the single most important question to ask producers: How much condensate do they produce? Ask about condensate. Condensate is essentially a very light oil which is condensed from rich natural gas and solution gas from oil. And...
Ziff Energy is one of the largest and most respected oil and gas global consulting firms.  They just issued a 7 page news release with great statistics, great charts and cartoons that outline very clearly how much money Canadian gas producers are losing for every mcf (million cubic feet...