Tom Russo's blog

It’s no secret that Cheniere Energy’s chief executive Charif Souki would like to link LNG to global natural gas prices and unlink it to the value of oil. This is a great idea whose time has come. North America’s plentiful shale gas and future LNG Export facilities like Cheniere’s Sabine Pass terminal,  Dominion’s Cove Point terminal,  Freeport LNG's Freeport terminal plus cross border pipeline facilities to Mexico and Canada will make this a reality. [node:read-more:link]

Two articles in the September issue of Energy Risk Magazine raised troubling issues about the growing popularity of physical natural gas prices indices, declining number of transactions used to calculate them and growing regulatory risks that energy companies face from the FERC’s enforcement staff. Also falling liquidity at physical natural gas hubs could affect natural gas futures and swaps. [node:read-more:link]

Federal regulators at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commisson issued proposed regulations that would help to modernize the interstate natural gas pipelines in the U.S. Rumor has it that the Department of Energy pressured FERC to do so in an effort to reduce natural gas (methane) leaks from aging pipelines. Methane is a green house gas that makes significant contributions to global warming. [node:read-more:link]

Conferences, Events and Presentations

SMI Interview with Tom Russo on Oil and Gas Cybersecurity- about current challenges and opportunities in the cyber security market.

North America Oil & Gas Cybersecurity Conference May 13-14, 2015 [node:read-more:link]