OT - Interoil IOL.to IOCInteresting to watch
Interoil -monster short squeeze in the making. Heavy volume yesterday afternoon and in three days went from $18 to $26. Should be back to $44 in the blink of an eye.
What is driving LNG plays and North America gas prices - read on
Natural gas is the hottest global commodity
Commodity Online
MUMBAI: Which is the next big business opportunity in commodities? No, it is not in gold or crude oil. It is in natural gas, in fact.
According to Michael Stoppard, director of global LNG at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, LNG is “the next truly global energy business opportunity.”
Also, here is what Andrew Mickey, Editor in chief, BreakAway Investor, has to way about natural gas:
"Natural gas is becoming a truly global commodity. For decades, natgas had to be consumed on the same continent it was produced. There was no way effective way to transport it like oil. But the global natural gas market is changing, and profits will be had by those that change along with it.
Since natural gas can now be liquefied and transported to the highest bidder around the world, booming demand in China, India and Southeast Asia is having a significant impact. Demand trends will stoke the natural gas flame for years to come.
As you can see from the chart above, liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been one of the fastest-growing energy markets in the United States. In 2001, 240 bcf (billion cubic feet) of LNG were imported. Six years later, in 2007, 240 bcf of LNG in just the first four months of the year.
But something changed last August. LNG imports were slashed. The decline in LNG imports coincided with a surge of more than 93% in natural gas prices here in North America.
You see, the U.S. isn’t dependent upon LNG imports for natural gas… but natural gas prices are highly dependent on LNG imports. In the past, LNG has always been there to fill that extra bit of demand that exceeds domestic production.
But when LNG isn’t available to fill that gap, prices soar."