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Dow Chemical considers locking in low gas prices
* Dow Chemical looking at natural gas hedging-CEO
* Prices expected to jump later this decade
* Volatility in trading continues to rise
By Ernest Scheyder
NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters)
U.S. natural gas: so much they'll be giving it away
(Reuters) - The unrelenting surge in shale gas production and one of the warmest winters on record are driving the natural gas market toward uncharted territory. Soon companies may have to pay to get rid of their gas.
No end to downward trend?
The natural gas market has been cited by some as healthy and robust
depending on what side of the market ledger you are on, however, things are anything but.
Running hard on the natural gas treadmill
New Year’s resolutions are just around the corner. No doubt, many will vow to jump on treadmills to try and get into shape. Meanwhile, the North American natural gas industry continues on its own treadmill, cranking up the dial to an untenable belt speed. Rather than get on the treadmill in 2012, the gas industry just may fall off.
Peter Tertzakian, from Calgary Herald
Natural gas fund guru Arnold returns $1 billion
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager
and natural gas boy wonder John Arnold has conceded that he
can't make money in the market like he used to.
In a note to investors in May that hasn't been widely
reported, the manager of the $5 billion Houston-based Centaurus
Advisors and former Enron star said he was returning 10 to 20
percent of his fund's assets and slashing management fees in a
bid to shrink its size yet continue to reward investors.
Going down the "blue road"
Gaz Métro, Robert Transport and the Quebec government announced a first in Canada in the field of heavy transport liquefied natural gas (LNG). Robert Transport driver trainer Stéphane Soutiere shows how to fill an LNG vehicle in Boucherville.
Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush
Natural gas companies have been placing enormous bets on the wells they are drilling, saying they will deliver big profits and provide a vast new source of energy for the United States.
But the gas may not be as easy and cheap to extract from shale formations deep underground as the companies are saying, according to hundreds of industry e-mails and internal documents and an analysis of data from thousands of wells.
Natural gas: the turnaround kid in waiting
A growing number of observers say evidence is mounting that gas prices are nearing a turning point, and that the stage is being set for a revival as soon as the next few months.
An Argument for Why Natural Gas Can Only Go Higher
With a Republican controlled Congress and Washington gridlock upon us, we need to refocus on the only remaining energy sector sure to benefit: natural gas.
It's time to increase exposure to this still unbelievably cheap fuel and the stocks tied to it. Everything points to this being a relative bottom for both.
A Greenhouse Revolution
Israel, the country that has revolutionised agriculture with its scientific technology, is now looking at the huge agrarian market in north India, and ways to encash it.
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