24.07.2015 - In Commodities Meltdown, Gas Is a Fleeting Bright Spot
In the meltdown that is the commodities market, natural gas has emerged as a bright spot, barely touched by the turmoil that’s contributed to a global slump. Oil has tumbled 19 percent over the past three months on the Bloomberg Commodity Index, and gold is down 8.6 percent, helping send the gauge to a 13-year low this week. And U.S. natural gas? Up 5.5 percent. That’s because shipments are limited for now to North America, where hot weather has boosted demand for the power-plant fuel. That all changes when exports, starting as soon as this year, take the gas market global. The fuel has been eating away at coal’s market share at U.S. power plants. Liquefied natural gas exports stand to erode domestic supplies, giving coal a reprieve in the U.S. but thrusting the competition between the two fuels onto an international stage...............................................Full Article: Source
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