Tag: natural gas production

June 22, 2020

While global carbon emissions saw a slight increase in 2019, the United States continued its long-term trend of reducing these emissions – at the same time that natural gas production and demand continued to increase – according to BP’s 2020 […]

July 5, 2019

This article is the fourth in a series on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2019. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Previous articles covered carbon dioxide […]

February 18, 2019

In 2018, North Dakota processed approximately 527 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Western North Dakota has a total of 16 natural gas processing plants that produced 2.56 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas in 2018. It also […]

May 10, 2018

EIA expects nearly 32 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating capacity will come online in the United States in 2018, more than in any year over the past decade. Although renewables such as wind and solar accounted for 98% of […]

April 27, 2018

Renewable natural gas production is on the rise in the United States, but new research from the World Resources Institute shows the potential to help fuel fleets of heavy-duty trucks and buses is larger than previously thought. In a comparison […]

January 26, 2018

In 2017, natural gas spot prices at the national benchmark Henry Hub in Louisiana averaged $3.01 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), about 50 cents per MMBtu higher than in 2016. The higher prices in 2017 contributed to less natural […]

January 19, 2018

Driven largely by installations over the past three years, the electric power industry has installed about 700 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale batteries on the U.S. electric grid. As of October 2017, these batteries made up about 0.06% of U.S. utility-scale […]

August 31, 2017

Natural gas processing capacity in the Appalachian region has grown dramatically over the past several years as producers try to keep pace with increasing natural gas production in the region. Natural gas processing plays a key role in the natural […]

June 19, 2017

BP released its latest Energy Outlook this week, reaffirming its earlier forecast that the U.S. will be energy self-sufficient by 2023 while continuing to lead the world in natural gas production. From the report: “We project that the US becomes […]

September 22, 2016

About five years ago, when natural gas prices continued to linger at historic lows, I was one of many who predicted a quick return to the volatility once synonymous with the natural gas market. Today’s unflappable, low-priced environment is a […]

May 24, 2016

With natural gas production in the U.S. having dropped two months in a row, prices have soared to the lofty level above $2/Mcf. Champagne corks are popping all over the Southwest. Well, maybe Champale. (And the various Lynch wells in […]

February 17, 2016

Natural gas production in the lower 48 United States averaged 71.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in January, which is up nearly 0.5 Bcf/d, compared to the December average, according to Platts Bentek, an analytics and forecasting unit of […]