US Catches Up With Qatar As The World's Largest LNG Exporter
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/us-cat ... g-exporter
100-bcf storage builds are likely here; last week’s rise could last 2 more weeks
Gas bulls say trade is deceived by current output/ demand that could change
Technical charts show next target for bulls would be $2.64
Natural gas peaked last summer when it traded near $9.50 per million British thermal units (MMBTU).
Today, the “widow maker” trades near $2.50. That’s a 74% decline over the past nine months.
For whatever reason, the price of natural gas tends to rally during the summer.
If natural gas can close convincingly above the resistance line of the consolidation pattern – at about $2.60 – then there’s no real resistance until about $5.00. In other words, natural gas looks poised for a 100% rally.
The government continues to back efforts by state-owned buyers to sign long-term contracts and even invest in export facilities, in order to bolster energy security through the middle of the century.
The nation is on track to be the world’s top importer of liquefied natural gas in 2023. And for the third straight year, Chinese companies are agreeing to buy more of it on a long-term basis than any single nation.
Several other importers, including India, are also looking to sign more deals to avoid future shortages and curb dependence on spot deliveries, yet China is locking in contracts at a much faster pace. So far this year, 33% of long-term LNG volumes signed went to China.
The deals will help feed the roughly dozen new import terminals that are slated to start construction across China’s coastal cities in this decade. The nation’s LNG imports could rise to as high as 138 million tonnes by 2033, about double current levels.
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