NGI’s Hub & Flow

You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat – What’s Ahead for U.S. LNG amid Rapid Expansion?

NGI’s Jamison Cocklin, managing editor of LNG, is joined by LNG Allies CEO Fred Hutchison for a wide-ranging conversation to discuss the historic buildout of natural gas export infrastructure along the Gulf Coast.

 

Fifteen export terminals are operating, being commissioned or are under construction. Several more are close to moving ahead. What’s driving the momentum? Will more projects be sanctioned soon? How is the industry navigating tariffs, and how is all the growth likely to impact U.S. natural gas prices? Cocklin and Hutchison answer these questions and touch on other themes shaping the direction of the industry.

Pemex, U.S. Energy Shifts – What’s Next for Mexico's Natural Gas Future with Francisco Monaldi

In the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast, NGI’s Christopher Lenton, managing editor of Mexico, sits down with Rice University’s Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America Energy Program at the Baker Institute. 

 

Together, they dive into the energy policy paradox in the United States, where the push for energy dominance is colliding with market realities, triggering ripple effects across global oil and gas markets. 

 

Monaldi, a leading Latin America energy expert, outlines the challenges for Mexico’s Pemex, which faces a perfect storm of soaring debt, crumbling production, and regulatory barriers that are stifling investment and threatening Mexico’s energy future. While there are faint signs of progress through service contracts and potential projects tapping unconventional resources, Lenton and Monaldi explore why these efforts won’t be enough to reverse Pemex’s downward trajectory and dependence on U.S. natural gas imports.

LNG Canada Is Exporting – So Why Are Canada’s Natural Gas Prices Weakening?

NGI’s LNG editors Jamison Cocklin and Jacob Dick examine the market implications of Canada’s entry into large-scale LNG exports, following Shell plc’s LNG Canada facility shipping its first cargo in June.

 

Despite the milestone, Canadian gas prices continue falling relative to Lower 48 counterparts as the country’s producers aggressively ramp production ahead of demand. The discussion dives into the details of LNG Canada’s startup, timelines for other projects advancing on the country’s west coast, and when supply-demand rebalancing could impact U.S.-Canadian price differentials.

 

The duo also cover the unique advantages Canadian LNG offers, including shorter shipping times to Asia, as well the challenges like building infrastructure in remote areas.

Stranded No More – Permian Basin Data Centers Tapping Associated Natural Gas for On-Site Power With Bracewell

NGI markets editor Chris Newman sits down with Bracewell partners Bryan Clark and Jared Berg to discuss how companies can tap associated gas supply in the Permian Basin to fuel innovative co-located power arrangements and potentially receive higher pricing than at the oft-volatile West Texas benchmark, Waha.

While data centers housing artificial intelligence grab headlines for their massive appetite for electricity, these projects represent a broader trend of associated gas assets being monetized for various in-basin power needs. Bigger projects may solve gas supply issues, but they bring operational complexity. Clark and Berg give examples of existing and proposed off-grid uses and the challenges they face.

Where Are Midwest, East Natural Gas Prices Headed? Veteran Analyst Andy Huenefeld Has Answers

NGI’s managing editor of markets, Kevin Dobbs, interviews Pinebrook Energy Advisors’ Andy Huenefeld, managing partner. They delve into supplies in storage, production, weather-driven demand and export activity – with a special focus on prices in the Midwest and East. The latest U.S. Energy Information storage report showed overall inventories were 6% above the five-year average, but surpluses in the Midwest and East were notably leaner after June heat waves in those regions. 

While the winter heating season is far off, natural gas storage is in a markedly different situation than last year. There are likely to be ample supplies stocked for next season, but with producers able to fast respond to cash market price signals and LNG feed gas demand bumping as export facilities ramp, Huenefeld details a dynamic season ahead.

Is New England’s Natural Gas Pipeline Drought About to End?

NGI markets editors Chris Newman and Jodi Shafto discuss whether long-dormant pipeline projects in the region could finally break ground under the new administration based on Jodi’s takeaways from the recent LDC Gas Forum Northeast conference in Boston.

 

The duo examine the stark price divide between the pipeline haves and have nots. Appalachian gas traded near zero while New England spiked to $33.50/MMBtu this winter. With data center demand surging, the infrastructure gap could become even more critical.

 

They discuss industry sentiment on the prospects for reviving projects like Williams' Constitution Pipeline. They also review how the region’s gas pipelines and producers are positioned to handle explosive AI-driven demand.

Could Natural Gas Prices Reach Nearly $5 in 2026? It’s a Good Bet on Rising LNG Exports, Domestic Consumption

NGI’s Patrick Rau, senior vice president of research and analysis, checks all the boxes in sharing his expertise about the outlook for U.S. natural gas in a sitdown with NGI’s Carolyn Davis, managing editor of news. 

Where are domestic natural gas prices headed into 2026? Pat says it’s not one thing or another, as rising demand is ahead as more LNG export capacity comes online, and as industrial and residential/commercial sector consumption climbs. 

E&Ps are likely waiting for bullish natural gas price signals to spur activity in the second half of 2025, but they will be accelerating their activity, according to Pat. 

The odds of adding natural gas infrastructure, both midstream and by utilities, also is discussed as hyperscalers compete to build a plethora of data centers.

What’s Driving Mexico’s Record Natural Gas Imports?

Mexico’s imports of U.S. natural gas continue to break records despite macroeconomic and regulatory uncertainty. NGI senior editor Andrew Baker and Christopher Lenton, managing editor of Mexico and Latin America, discuss the demand- and supply-side factors shaping Mexico’s gas market, and why it matters for the United States.

Lenton recently attended the U.S.-Mexico Gas Summit in San Antonio TX, where topics ranged from data centers to LNG terminals to the challenges facing state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, aka Pemex. He breaks down which demand segments are growing fastest, and how they are affected by pricing dynamics north of the border.

Balancing the Grid – Northeast Natural Gas Supply, Demand in Focus as Summer Nears

In this episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, NGI Markets Editor Kevin Dobbs talks with Paragon Global Markets LLC’s Steve Blair, managing director of institutional energy sales. The two discuss the summer ahead in natural gas markets, with a special focus on the densely populated and heavy gas-consuming Northeast.

 

Blair and Dobbs address relatively modest gas production and lingering storage deficits in the East as well as domestic weather demand expectations for the summer ahead and beyond.  Wildcards up for discussion include the ongoing buildout of the U.S. export complex and the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.

State of the Market: How Will the Trade War Impact U.S. LNG Demand

Ben Cahill, director for energy markets and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, joins NGI's Jamison Cocklin, managing editor of LNG, to discuss how the trade war and other challenges could impact rapid U.S. LNG export growth. 

 

They explore supply, demand and price trends that could emerge as the Trump administration works to balance the U.S. trade deficit. They also discuss other challenges like the European Union's methane emissions regulations and LNG production growth in the Middle East that could curb the appetite for North American LNG at a time when it's growing at an unprecedented rate.