Not exact matches
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including
natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and
natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages,
increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by
natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
As the world's population grows, the
demand for all forms of energy will
increase, including
demand for oil and
natural gas.
Australia is
increasing natural gas production by roughly 150 percent over the next four years, as energy companies build half a dozen export terminals to serve dwindling
demand.
Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related
demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1
Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the
natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas - focused rig count, which
increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale -
gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total
natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for
gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying
demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.
Natural gas futures allow investors the opportunity to trade in one of the hottest, most in -
demand energy commodities in the global economy today — a commodity that is likely to continue to
increase in value as the years go by.
On the
demand side of Russia's Asia
gas pivot, China has plans to
increase the role of
natural gas to 10 per cent of primary energy consumption by 2020, or 360 bcm (about half the US's current
gas consumption).
Natural -
gas prices on Nymex ended lower after the EIA on Thursday reported the first weekly supply
increase of the injection season — a time when inventories build ahead of the expected rise in summer cooling
demand.
Commissioners ultimately expressed worry that the company had overestimated
demand growth and did not sufficiently consider the impact of potential
increases in
natural gas prices on consumers.
Should the market
demands for hydrogen fuel
increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as
natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.
We believe we have entered a sustained period of elevated crude oil and
natural gas prices which we believe is driven in part by
increasing demand for industrial fuels.
«Cheap
natural gas, the rapid decline in the cost of solar and wind generation, and continued flat electricity
demand make it next to impossible that U.S. coal production will significantly
increase in coming years.»
According to the International Energy Agency, the
demand for oil and
natural gas from China will
increase greatly in the decades ahead.
That will greatly
increase the
demand for oil and
natural gas.
With the
demand for oil and
natural gas increasing around the world, so should the stock price of Petrobras Brasileiro.
The global
demand for oil and
natural gas is
increasing, which makes these excellent long - term investments.
The IEA expects that coal
demand will
increase in every region of the world except in the United States, where coal is being pushed out by
natural gas.
Ethanol makers experienced improved financial performance because of changes out of their control - as in the case of
natural gas prices falling drastically in response to
increased fracking for
natural gas production - but lost money because of
increased corn prices caused by escalating Chinese grain
demand.
Natural gas demand will
increase even more rapidly.
Increased demand from the electric sector, with low - priced
natural gas burn totaling about 2,600 Bcf from April through June of 2012, up 27 % from just over 2,000 Bcf burned during the same period in 2011.
The United States faces a vexing challenge in switching from conventional to clean sources to generate electricity: How do we replace fossil fuel when
natural gas costs $ 4 per million BTU and
demand for electricity is expected to
increase by over 20 % by 2035?
Colder winter weather means more
natural gas consumption for space heating, and warmer summer weather leads to
increased consumption in the power sector with
increasing demand for air conditioning.
Using the same approach for
natural gas,
demand is estimated to
increase on average to about 445 billion cubic feet per day in 2040.
If the U.S. were instead to use that
natural gas to generate electricity as part of a portfolio with renewable sources of electricity, the analysis shows that «if the entire vehicle fleet were converted to electric vehicles and high efficiency
natural gas combined - cycle power plants were used to generate all the additional electricity required, the
increase in
natural gas demand would be significantly less» than if the entire fleet was burning
natural gas in its combustion engines — roughly a decrease in
natural gas usage of 19 billion cubic feet per day.
However, US
natural gas production is expected to
increase 1.6 % annually thru 2040 according to the EIA — to meet
increased US
demand and
increased exports.
As
demand increases towards its summer peak level, the utilization rates for both coal - and
natural gas - fired units tend to rise.
Total
natural gas demand is poised to
increase by 40 percent over the next decade.
As higher
demand boosts prices, some of the
natural -
gas production shut - in during the recent slump will be brought back online, bolstering supply and limiting the price
increases.
Marty Durbin is executive director for Market Development at API, where he leads efforts to promote the
increased demand for and use of our nation's
natural gas resource.
To satisfy the
increase in world liquids
demand in the Reference case, liquids production
increases by 28.3 million barrels per day from 2010 to 2040, including the production of both petroleum (crude oil and lease condensate,
natural gas plant [NGPL], bitumen, extra-heavy oil, and refinery gains), and other liquid fuels (coal - to - liquids [CTL],
gas - to - liquids [GTL], biofuels, and kerogen).
It also shrinks the market for coal and
increases demand for cleaner - burning fuels such as
natural gas, of which Exxon has huge holdings.
With warmer summer weather and
increased electric
demand for air conditioning,
demand will
increase, requiring
increased output from both coal - and
natural gas - fired generators.
While the price of residential electricity in the United States has
increased only 30 percent since 1995, the price of
natural gas has more than tripled due to rising
demand and production costs.
The United States has scarcely 3 percent of the world's proved
natural gas reserves, yet even without the
increased demand that would result from an NGV fleet, the country already consumes nearly a quarter of the world's
natural gas.
Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low
natural gas prices,
increasing electricity generation from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power
demand.
Due to an
increase in
demand for
natural gas for space and water heating, and limitations imposed by
natural gas pipeline constraints, electricity generation from
gas was unable to scale up, and the burden was transferred to oil as dual fuel generators switched over.
As we seek to
increase production of oil and
natural gas to meet growing global energy
demand, we are committed to mitigating greenhouse
gas emissions within our operations.
While part of this reduction in emissions is attributable to a reduction in energy
demand due to the economic downturn, another reason for this huge reduction is an
increase in the use of
natural gas for electricity.
Growth in the power sector is due to
increased demand for electricity, but
natural gas's share does not
increase as coal and renewable energy also compete for the power sector market.
Urbanization in the IEO2017 is also forecast to contribute to an
increase in
demand for electricity and
natural gas in buildings.
Countless people in the energy industry believe that as the
demand for electricity
increases in the future,
natural gas will play an even bigger role in electricity production.
It indicates how rising prosperity is driving an
increase in global energy
demand and how that
demand may be met over the coming decades through a diverse range of supplies including oil,
natural gas, coal, and renewable energy.
Contracting with pipelines for some level of firm
natural gas delivery could solve this problem if the pipeline system expanded to accommodate the
increased contracted
demand.
Using more renewable energy can lower the prices of and
demand for
natural gas and coal by
increasing competition and diversifying our energy supplies.
Will an
increase in
natural gas demand for electricity generation in states that currently use coal have a significant impact on prices that California pays for
natural gas?
The trend of decreasing coal generation can be attributed to both falling
natural gas prices and stagnant
demand for electricity, but it can also be partially attributed to the
increasing role of solar and wind generation: March 2016 set records for both the highest amount of monthly wind generation ever measured and the highest amount of monthly utility - scale solar generation ever measured.
Eventually, coal production will rebound somewhat as overall U.S. electricity
demand increases over time and as
natural gas prices rise.
Global
natural gas demand is expected to
increase by about 40 percent between 2016 and 2040.
An even greater risk, perhaps, is that the United States shows no sign of adopting the kind of national policy to cut greenhouse
gases that would
increase demand for
natural gas in the energy marketplace, thereby enhancing its value.
In both New England and New York, frigid air has
increased demand for
natural gas, pushing
gas prices higher and resulting in
increased wholesale electricity prices.
As cold - weather
demand for
gas caused the price of
natural gas to
increase, coal became more competitive in the market and was dispatched earlier in the resource stack.