Join us for our next interactive webinar on the future of U.S. natural gas production and demand on March 13 at 10:00 AM CST with leading natural gas & midstream industry experts John Harpole, Founder and President of Mercator Energy, and Jack Weixel, Senior Director of East Daley Analytics.
U.S. natural gas production volumes and demand -- both foreign and domestic -- are ready to set new records amid greater production efficiencies, but especially from increased demand pulls. LNG permitting is picking back up under the new Trump administration with the next wave of projects ready to come online, while the rapid pace of data center construction is continuing unabated, requiring more and more gas-fired power generation. The upstream and midstream sectors are primed for more growth, but can they keep up?
Key Takeaways
- U.S. natural gas production is poised to start ticking up yet again. The Appalachia, Haynesville and Permian basins will play pivotal roles. But at what pace will they grow?
- Midstream growth will continue to focus on natural gas and NGL projects to help meet the rising demand.
- The Trump administration is targeting permitting and regulatory reform to help build new infrastructure, including data centers, power generation, long-haul pipelines and LNG facilities.
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Speakers & Moderator
John Harpole, Founder & President, Mercator Energy
John is founder and president of Mercator Energy LLC, a natural gas services, brokerage and energy market analysis company. Mercator assists both producers and end users throughout the United States in selling and sourcing natural gas supplies. Mercator manages more than 1.2 BCF per day of natural gas in seven states. Mercator also conducts specific research projects for client groups exploring the impact of industry trends on various regional markets. Mercator’s analysis on “Poverty and Fracking” was featured in a Wall Street Journal editorial and on Fox News.
During his career, Harpole has provided strategic advice and counseling to independent oil and gas producers, power producers, major gas and electric utilities, hedge funds and energy traders, retail and wholesale energy marketers, equipment vendors and large energy users typically at the CEO level. Harpole has travelled to China on two occasions to instruct employees of PetroChina and members of the Central Parties Pricing Committee on the regulatory and marketing history of natural gas in the United States. It marked the first time a foreigner was allowed to teach a course to PetroChina marketing employees.
Harpole is a Board Member of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, the Leadership Program of the Rockies, the Global Institute of Church Management Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy and the Unreported Story Society. John currently serves on the Board of Directors of Benedictine College. John is a former 15-year Board Member of Energy Outreach Colorado.
Harpole has also been named to the Denver Business Journal's Who's Who in Energy for years 2014-2019.
John's hobbies include reading, fly fishing, bass fishing and collecting antique maps.
Jack Weixel, Senior Director, East Daley Analytics
Jack Weixel is a Senior Director with East Daley Analytics and plays a key role in product development and client support focused on the natural gas, crude oil and NGL markets. He has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry spanning regulatory, legislative and market-centric roles and initiatives with companies deeply embedded in the industry.
Jack comes to East Daley from S&P Global/IHS Markit where he ran the real-time natural gas market business under the Americas Gas service. Prior to IHS Markit, Jack was with the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) where he helped build that company’s first ever natural gas fundamentals shop, PointLogic Energy.
Prior to joining OPIS and IHS Markit, Jack was a director for Bentek Energy, managing its North American Natural Gas, European Gas, and GIS business units in addition to serving on the company’s Senior Leadership Team. He previously led the company’s Client Services division along with the company’s Midcontinent and Canadian natural gas desks. Before joining Bentek in 2006, Jack spent seven years as a senior energy regulatory consultant for the EOP Group, Inc. in Washington, DC after working in the U.S. Senate.
He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from George Washington University and a degree in Finance from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He also serves on the board of directors for Energy Outreach Colorado and is a past board member of Denver CASA.
Jordan Blum, Editorial Director, Hart Energy
This webinar is hosted in partnership with Mercator Energy and East Daley Analytics.
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