Joseph
Markman
Hart Energy
Frac Spread: Ethane Leads NGL Price Rebound
Higher NGL prices combined with slumping natural gas prices to producer expanded margins.
Frac Spread: NGL Prices Struggle; Is Rescue At Hand?
A slew of issues, including high inventories, sluggish exports and delays in cracker startups, dog NGL and push ‘barrels’ to early-2016 levels.
Frac Spread: Economy Wobbles … Will It Fall Down?
The Mont Belvieu NGL ‘barrel’ joins global crude oil, the stock markets and the Chinese and German economies on a bad news binge.
Frac Spread: Energy Prices Could Be Worse … And Probably Will Be
Fears of a global economic slowdown and continued storage increases have spooked traders.
Frac Spread: At This Rate, Will Oil And Gas Be OK?
Ethane tumbles to another record low; the Fed tries to defend against global economic weakness.
Frac Spread: Price Movements Signal Economic Worries
Ethane’s Mont Belvieu margin emerges from negative territory.
Frac Spread: Prices Bounce, Margins Improve
Margins mostly improve but ethane’s remains in negative territory.
Frac Spread: Energy Markets Rattled As Storm Nears
Ethane falls to the lowest point since Hart Energy began tracking price; oil jumps as Tropical Storm Barry approaches the Louisiana coast.
Frac Spread: Markets Try To Navigate Geopolitical Straits
Factors that push up prices are countered by those that pull them down.
Frac Spread: Ethane Anxious To Get Cracking
Mont Belvieu price sags to a 40-month low as NGL slump continues.