NatGas for PowerGen Record High This Summer; Price to Remain Low

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supply demandStrong demand from electric power generators will push natural gas demand this summer up by an estimated 4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), according to a new report from the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA). However, even though there's more demand, because supplies are so bountiful, the price of natural gas over the summer is actually expected to go down, not up. Using published data and independent analyses, NGSA evaluated the combined impact of weather, economic growth, customer demand, storage inventories and production activity on the direction of natural gas prices for the summer of 2016 compared to last summer. The NGSA says summer 2016 will see a "remarkable growth in demand." Even so, NGSA expects "downward pressure on prices compared to last summer." Bummer. It's great news for consumers and power generating plants. But not so good news for drillers. Below we have a full copy of the NGSA report...

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