Category Archives: Natural Gas

Gas Industry Must Make Changes to Reliably Serve the Electric Industry

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor  The natural gas industry is on a long run of increasing sales to electric generators. Beginning with a wave of gas combined-cycle power plants built in the mid-1990s, gas usage by electric generators … Continue reading →

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Distributed Energy and Shale Gas Among Key Topics of New Energy Seminars

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Enerdynamics Staff Enerdynamics’ 2014 fall seminars are a good example of how we continually monitor industry change and adapt our product offerings to reflect such change. This year we have added two all-new seminars to our calendar, each of which … Continue reading →

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The Cold Winter of 2014 Shows Weaknesses in Midwest Pipeline Infrastructure

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Bill Malcolm*, guest author At the Illinois Commerce Commission forum held in Chicago on May 14, People Gas/North Shore Gas, Ameren, Nicor, and other local distribution companies (LDCs) described how the unusually cold winter challenged their operations. For Nicor (the … Continue reading →

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Natural Gas Liquids and the Shale Gas Boom

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor  There’s a lot of industry talk and media coverage about the shale gas boom in the United States. But barely mentioned in the discussion is the fact that Natural Gas Liquids, or NGLs, are key … Continue reading →

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EU Asserts Need for Energy Independence after Russia’s Actions in Crimea

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor Last week I wrote about Ukrainian, Russian, and European natural gas markets and the recent developments that may present an opportunity for U.S. gas producers. Well, it’s been another busy week in the European natural … Continue reading →

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Ukraine, Russia, and European Natural Gas: Is This an Opportunity for U.S. Producers?

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor In early March after the Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country, Gazprom, the state-owned Russian natural gas company, announced it would no longer honor a deal to provide the Ukraine with deeply discounted natural … Continue reading →

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2014 Seminar Series Covers Energy Industry Basics and Timely Topics like Shale, LNG

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Enerdynamics

Enerdynamics’ most popular seminars on electric and natural gas industry basics are back in 2014 as part of our public seminar series. Additionally, this year’s line-up features three new seminars that explore some of the hottest topics affecting today’s energy landscape: LNG, … Continue reading →

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Fundamentals Rule Natural Gas Pricing, Part II

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Belinda Petty, Enerdynamics Instructor Last week’s blog post discussed how and why fundamentals rule natural gas pricing. Following up on that discussion, here are a few examples of events or scenarios that in recent years have been game-changing on both … Continue reading →

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Fundamentals Rule Natural Gas Pricing, Part I

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Belinda Petty, Enerdynamics Instructor Natural gas prices in North America rise and fall. In the last decade, the Henry Hub monthly price has been as high as $14/MMBtu and as low as $2/MMBtu. How can the same commodity at the … Continue reading →

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The Energy Industry: A Review of 2013 Highlights and What May Come in 2014, Part II

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Enerdynamics

By Bill Malcolm, guest author Happy New Year! In last week’s Part I of this post, we looked at a few energy industry trends that emerged in 2013: low electric load growth, the closing of nuclear plants for economical reasons, and … Continue reading →

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