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BENTEK’s Market Alerts provide an in-depth analysis of complex regional natural gas markets. These reports give you a comprehensive review of each major pipeline, storage facility, flow pattern, capacity constraint, LNG terminal and other market components across a broad market area. With its "I" of the Storm and Catch the Wave Market Alerts, BENTEK created easy-to-understand visualizations of very complex flow patterns in the Southeast/Gulf region along with the Midcontinent and Northeast regions, respectively – setting an industry standard for clear, concise and easy-to-understand market rundowns.

 

"I" of the Storm

The “I" of the Storm Market Alert was developed out of the aftermath of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina along with an unprecedented level of infrastructure investment in the Southeast/Gulf region.

 

Industrial Revival

BENTEK’s proprietary flow-data-gathering technology and groundbreaking methodology allow BENTEK’s analysts to be able to determine signs of recovery in gas demand in the industrial sector. This Market Alert reviews developments in a number of industrial sectors that point to recent signs of recovery.

REX Rambles On

BENTEK’s Market Alert followed the impact of the Rockies Express Pipeline from its inception to its completion in Clarington, OH. The new capacity triggered massive changes in natural gas flow patterns and pricing relationships. This Market Alert examines those changes in flows and markets.

Coal-to-Gas Switching in the Northeast (PJM)

Much of the power generation in the PJM region has been coal-fired. However, gas-fired generation has gained a larger share of this market despite a drop in PJM power load. In this Market Alert, BENTEK details the aspects of coal-to-gas switching in the region.

Catch the Wave

The market dynamics in the U.S. Northeast have changed dramatically. Catch the Wave discusses the “Wave” of constraint barriers impacting the Northeast natural gas market.

 

The Rich Get Richer: Shale Gas and NGLs

The U.S. natural gas liquids (NGL) market is resurging and growth is shifting away from the traditional markets along the Gulf Coast and is now heading West. As a result, gas processors near rich gas and oil plays are due to receive a disproportionate share of financial rewards. This Market Alert details the net impacts and consequences of the regional shift in NGL production.

Forward Curve Suite

BENTEK’s Forward Curve Suite complements the Forward Curve Quarterly. The suite consists of five market alerts that provide comprehensive details behind the analysis presented in the Forward Curve Quarterly.

Intrastate Pipes / Order 720

FERC Order 720 promises to revolutionize the information transparency of markets served by intrastate (called non-interstate) pipeline and storage systems, including provisions for the posting of “No-Notice” data. Almost 150 intrastate pipelines, storage operators, local distribution companies and others are subject to Order 720’s data posting requirements.

Marcellus Ethane

BENTEK prepared the report on A Home for Marcellus Ethane to assess the magnitude of the ethane problem in the Marcellus Shale along with a framework for assessing the viability of several projects being promoted to alleviate the problem.


The Rush to Unconventional Oil

Although new drilling technologies are propelling production to soaring heights, the fate of U.S. oil industry in the short term is still uncertain. In this report, BENTEK examines how key players and drilling activities will fare based on the economy and oil production.

Wind, Coal and Gas Study

Wind energy promises a clean, renewable resource that uses no fossil fuel and generates zero emissions. Careful examination of the data suggests that the numbers do not add up as expected.
 

Beast in the East

The REX pipeline to Clarington, OH, upended traditional sources of supplies and markets throughout the United States. The Marcellus development will put pressure on not only REX flows but other pipelines to the region as well.

 

The Great NGL Surge!

The shale phenomenon that reshaped the natural gas industry over the past few years is now having the same impact on natural gas liquid (NGL), crude oil and refined products markets. The Great NGL Surge! provides a comprehensive analysis of NGL markets in the U.S. and Canada, including a broad assessment of marco-level developments in NGL markets.

EPA Rule Would Stress Power, Gas Grids

This Market Alert includes a summary of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), an addendum to the Clean Air Act, and how it might affect the natural gas and power industries over the next few years.

Ruby Delivers to Malin; What's Next?

This Market Alert analyzes Ruby Pipeline, which will offer Rockies producers a direct route to the West's premium market, PG&E Citygate in Northern California, and is predicted to provide one of the most low-cost routes in the region.

The Wind Power Paradox

This Market Alert is the first to systematically assess the emission reduction performance of wind generation based on hourly generation and emissions data. The study presents findings that show previous claims to be significantly overstated and that actual CO2 reductions are either so small as to be insignificant or too expensive to be practical.

Running on Empty

BENTEK’s Market Alert, Running on Empty, examines the fundamental market changes that have resulted from recent rate cases filed by Tennessee Gas and Columbia Gulf in the United States and TransCanada Pipelines in Canada. The report expands its analysis to consider the impact on flows and basis differentials in North America.

Nuclear Outages Surpass 10-Year Highs

Due to severe storms in the Southeast, nuclear outages in 2011 reached record high levels. This Market Alert explores the unexpected supply issues the U.S. power market encountered early in the cooling season.

Niobrara Gas Breathes Life into Piceance

BENTEK’s Market Alert, Niobrara Gas Breathes New Life into Piceance, explores the early indications that the Niobrara Shale formation may dramatically change the economics for gas production in the Piceance.

Storms Wreak Havoc on TVA Plants, Lines

This Market Alert analyzes the widespread power demand losses that occurred in April 2011 in the Southeast/Gulf region due to severe weather and how the storm system impacted regional gas demand from power generation.

Eagle Ford Shale - Deep in the Heart of Texas

Eagle Ford Shale – Deep in the Heart of Texas provides a broad overview of this emerging unconventional oil and gas play, including current drilling and production, statistics on activity, an examination of existing and proposed infrastructure and a discussion of market changes resulting from expected growth.

Water for Nothing and Power for Free

BENTEK's Water for Nothing and Power for Free explores the implications the extreme 2011 run-off will have for both natural gas and electricity prices and the national supply/demand balance.

U.S. Nuclear / Natural Gas Scenarios  

During March 2011, a tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan brought worldwide attention to the use of nuclear fuel as an energy source. In this Market Alert, “what if” scenarios examine the potential impact on natural gas demand if curtailments in U.S. nuclear generation capacity were to occur.

 

Crude Awakening: Shale Boom Hits Oil

This Market Alert provides a comprehensive review of the U.S. oil market and its potential growth over the next five years, including implicit industry challenges and implications.

Production, Storage to Challenge 2012 Price Floor

This Market Alert analyses how strong U.S. natural gas production growth and record-high storage inventories will significantly impact 2012 prices.

West Absorbs Marcellus Pushback

BENTEK’s Market Alert, West Absorbs Marcellus Pushback, analyzes the impact the Ruby Pipeline and Marcellus shale's exponential production growth are having on the West, including implications for Opal flows and basis expectations. 

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