The energy sector is off to a slightly higher start, supported by modest strength in the major equity futures. The broader markets are set to kick off the week higher as investors wait for inflation data which is expected later this week.
WTI and Brent crude oil futures are edging lower, adding to last week’s declines on continued concerns over demand growth. Market participants are keeping an eye on the latest developments in the Middle East as last night, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN that negotiators for the United States, Egypt, Qatar, and Israel had agreed on the basic contours of a hostage deal during talks in Paris but are still in negotiations. Houthis over the weekend targeted a U.S.-owned tanker, the Torm Thor. Goldman Sachs raised its summer 2024 Brent peak forecast to $87 from $85 as Red Sea disruptions spur modestly larger OECD commercial draws. They expect 2024 global demand growth of +1.5M bpd with a decline in China being offset by US/India increase and believe OPEC+ will extend voluntary cuts through 2Q24.
Grid operators urge natural gas supplier collaboration
The Regional Transmission Organizations, a group of US grid operators,...
The Regional Transmission Organizations, a group of US grid operators, is calling for improved cooperation with natural gas providers, particularly for grids that depend on their supplies. Among a number of suggestions, the group calls on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to help bring an end to multiday trading requirements for natural gas on weekends and holidays, replacing them with "a more transparent and centralized secondary market."
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan suggested on CNN that a temporary...
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan suggested on CNN that a temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas could be reached “in the coming days”—one that involves the freeing of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was more tempered, telling CBS that Hamas would have to abandon their “crazy demands” for a deal to be finalized. Elsewhere in the Middle East, US and UK forces carried out another round of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the militant group’s attacks on commercial shipping.
It’s the Golden Corral of earnings weeks. An endless variety of companies...
It’s the Golden Corral of earnings weeks. An endless variety of companies will report their Q4 results, including Macy’s, Domino’s, Zoom, Birkenstock, Salesforce, AMC, and Cava.
Leap Day is on Thursday. Happy birthday to all the leap babies, aka the only people excited that February is longer than usual.
AT&T said it will issue a $5 credit to “potentially impacted” wireless customers following its hourslong outage on Thursday.
Intuitive Machines said its Odysseus spacecraft was “alive and well” but spent the weekend on the moon resting on its side. The most relatable moon lander ever?
BYD is taking luxury EVs to new levels with its Yangwang U9, which it introduced Sunday with a sticker price of $233,450.
Flaco, NYC’s celebrity owl that was freed from his cage by a vandal in Central Park Zoo last year, died after colliding with a building on the Upper West Side.
The Florida Man Games took place over the weekend. Men in tank tops and jorts competed in events that included wrestling while holding pitchers of beer and running from the police in an “evading arrest” obstacle course.
Cheniere Energy expects lower profits as natural gas prices continue their fall
Cheniere Energy, the energy firm with a major natural gas line extending...
Cheniere Energy, the energy firm with a major natural gas line extending from Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays and also the biggest U.S. buyer of gas and the biggest U.S. exporter of LNG, forecast a lower core profit for 2024.
Just as Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy lowered its capital expenditures for natural gas exploration because of what’s happened to the natural gas market, Cheniere Energy is under the same kind of financial pressure. Natural gas prices dropped nearly 40% in 2023.
As a result, Cheniere Energy explained it plans to cut 2024 production by nearly 30%.
Cheniere’s profit plunged 65% to $1.38 billion after LNG revenue was cut in half to $4.58 billion when Hernry Hub pricing plunged. The plunge occurred after Cheniere installed its major Midship natural gas pipeline to carry gas from near Kingfisher in Oklahoma’s STACK play and south to the state line.
