Sentences with phrase «price of natural gas»

It was the sudden increase in supply and drop in price of natural gas — plus a little push from the clean energy movement.

The new larger domestic inventory and resulting lower price of natural gas are having a profound effect on the energy industry.

Others have noted the falling price of natural gas as a reason not to pursue natural gas exploration.

Today's low market price of natural gas does not reflect the cost that carbon pollution poses to society.

Temperature fluctuations happen constantly and almost always move the day - to - day price of natural gas.

Very few coal - fired power plants are expected to be built in the future, due to the abundance and low price of natural gas.

These trends have been reflected in a lower market price of natural gas.

Sometimes the error can huge, as in the case of UNG (the natural gas etf) in which the spot price of natural gas increased many times that of the ETF itself.

The part of these resources that become economically recoverable resources will depend on the market price of natural gas from foreign sources, including both pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas, as well as the capital and operating costs and productivity of shale gas production within China.

In 2012 a paper from Yale estimated that in 2010 alone, when the spot price of natural gas averaged $ 4.37 / MMBtu, lower natural gas prices were adding over $ 100 billion a year to the US economy.

Average spot natural gas prices in key regional markets, which reflect the wholesale price of natural gas at major trading points, declined about 38 % to 49 % during the first half (January 1 to June 30) of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011.

The nuclear industry's decline was hastened by the cheap price of natural gas and costly repairs to aging power plants.

EIA's study indicates that for the United States as a whole, a 10 % increase in the ratio of the delivered fuel price of coal to the delivered price of natural gas leads to a 1.4 % increase in the use of natural gas relative to coal.

The model results indicate that for the United States as a whole, a 10 - percent increase in the ratio of the delivered fuel price of coal to the delivered price of natural gas leads to a 1.4 - percent increase in the use of natural gas relative to coal.

But several factors have changed grid economics, among them the falling price of both natural gas and renewable energy (fuels that are often used in microgrids), environmental rules and declining use of electricity in the U.S.

From the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Reduction in U.S. carbon emissions attributed to cheaper natural gas Lower emission from power plants in 2009 was driven by competitive pricing of natural gas versus coal Cambridge, Mass. — February 27, 2012 — In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse...

The relatively low price of natural gas gives U.S. manufacturers an advantage over competitors in other parts of the world that rely on a more expensive oil - based feedstock.

In addition, the rapidly dropping price of natural gas combined with a strict carbon price floor often made coal plants uneconomic to run.

Because the spot prices of natural gas shot up the gas distribution companies (Enbridge, Union, etc.) requested and were granted substantial increases to gas heating prices by the OEB.

Defended energy company against allegations of a nation - wide conspiracy to fix prices of natural gas at the wellhead

One reason for lower wholesale power prices is that prices of natural gas at the Sumas trading point have averaged 36 % below the 5 - year average, and also have been below the 5 - year range.

Despite recent sharp declines in the market price of natural gas, utility - scale solar and wind power remain cost - competitive complements to traditional generation technologies, even without subsidies.

Over the years, that combination — a highly efficient generating technology and the ludicrously low price of natural gas — has dethroned «King Coal,» cutting its share of power generation from 53 % in 2000 to 30 % in 2016, and sent a number of coal miners into bankruptcy.

Cold weather drove up the price of natural gas — making coal look like a more attractive fuel option.

Further, the great thing about the ETF I bought is that it has no correlation to stock market direction because it follows the price of natural gas ($ UNG).

Last week, on October 2, 2012, we locked in an 11 % gain on a swing trade in US Natural Gas Fund ($ UNG), a commodity ETF designed to roughly track the price of natural gas futures contracts.

Thanks to fracking, the U.S. has suddenly become the world's largest producer of natural gas, creating a massive glut that has more than halved the price of natural gas.

Historically, the price of natural gas has spiked tremendously at times, but in absolute terms, the price is barely above its 1990 level, as shown in the natural gas price chart below:

If you expect a heat wave — or a cold snap — you can anticipate some movement in the price of natural gas in the short - term.

This is one of the main factors why the price of natural gas has fallen and remained relatively low.

Can you say, «A sharp advance (over $ 6,000 per futures contract) in the price of natural gas»?

This law was undoubtedly put in place for the benefit of landowners and most landowners are probably in favour of it, but what it means is that if the price of natural gas isn't high enough to enable the drilling companies to afford a 12.5 % royalty then production will stop and the landowners will get nothing.

A winter weather blast across much of the U.S. this week has sent the price of natural gas spiking higher, weeks before the official start of winter.

The second ETF on our watchlist for potential buy entry today is US Natural Gas Fund ETF ($ UNG), a commodity ETF that tracks the price of the natural gas futures contracts.

In all, the price of natural gas has climbed nearly 30 % since mid-June, though it remains at just a fraction of where it stood in mid-2008.

Bad bets on the prices of natural gas and oil contributed to a second quarter in which the unit barely made money,» The Wall Street Journal reported.

And as we have moved through 2009 the downward trend in gas prices has continued accelerating in recent weeks to leave prices hovering around the $ 2.60 mark at today's close — that's a massive 80 % fall in the price of natural gas since July 2008 and it's lowest price in since March 2002!

Hurricane season runs until the end of November, should any major storm threats arise over the coming months which lead to the suspension of drilling expect to see the price of natural gas to move up.

At today's prices oil is trading at a ratio of over 25 times the price of natural gas — further highlighting the extraordinay divergence that has occurred this year.

Recently the prices of both natural gas and oil have begun heading lower as increased production from America's historic shale boom has met with concerns over a slowdown in the global economy, which would hurt demand for oil and gas and drive their prices even lower.

FitzPatrick has been hurt by Central New York's low wholesale power prices, which have fallen along with the price of natural gas, a common fuel for power plants.

Still, there are obstacles, including the recent low prices of natural gas, which makes hydropower less competitive.

The protests, which were led by Buddhist monks, were sparked by a 500 per cent increase in the price of natural gas, announced by the government in August last year.

Entergy officials blame FitzPatrick's losses on the low price of natural gas, which depresses power prices.