Oil and Gas Natural Gas Prices

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  • The "Mad Money" host turns a technical eye on natural gas to chart the direction of the commodity, and how to play it.

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    The shale gas energy industry needs to put in place better practices and reporting  about "fracking" before public concerns delay or even stop use of the technology that has created a boom in U.S. natural gas production, according to the MIT professor who led President Obama's subcommittee on shale gas.

  • One energy company’s CEO is betting on natural gas — by giving its employees vehicles that run on it.

  • Widely followed commodities trader Dennis Gartman on Monday said he wasn’t concerned about an official slowdown in China.

  • The average U.S. price of gasoline jumped 18 cents a gallon in the past two weeks due to rising costs of crude oil and related concerns about tensions in the Middle East, although supplies of fuel remained plentiful in most of the country, according to the Lundberg Survey. The national average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to $3.69 on Feb. 24, according to the nationwide survey of gasoline stations. To capitalize on the higher gas price, CNBC’s Jim Cramer says oil and gas drilling c

    Given the continued shift to oil, Cramer thinks select oil and gas names can be bought on dips. Check out his preferred plays.

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    A $45 billion buyout in 2007 of the Texas utility Energy Future Holdings has hurt investors because of declining natural gas prices, the New York Times reports.

  • Cramer interviews CEO Andrew Littlefair.

  • As gas prices climb, Cramer thinks Washington will embrace nat gas-powered vehicles. Westport Innovations CEO David Demers shows off one of his own.

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    A warm winter is chilling natural gas prices. A huge supply glut and warmer than normal temperatures are keeping natural gas prices at decade lows. For that reason, analysts say the year's lows could be yet to come and prices could break down through the $2 per million BTUs level, sometime this spring, before heading higher.

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    Natural gas futures were higher Tuesday, but analyst say the year's low may be yet to be seen as abundant supply and a warm winter keep the pressure on prices. In fact, some analysts say the price could break $2 per million BTUs before it moves higher.

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    Traders are bidding up natural gas prices after an executive from Chesapeake Energy spacer reiterated that low prices may force the company to significantly cut gas production.

  • Bob Dudley, the Executive Director of BP, arrives at their headquarters in St James's Square on July 26, 2010 in London, England.

    BP will continue its raised dividend policy on the back of higher profits for the oil company as long as oil prices continue their upward trajectory, the company's CEO Bob Dudley told CNBC Tuesday.

  • Back from an investment-finding trip to Russia, trader Tim Seymour shared a few major themes he found.

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    Clean Energy Fuels, noted investor T. Boone Pickens' natural gas distribution vehicle, got more gas Wednesday when Navistar International said it would start making truck engines that use alternative fuels.

  • Jim Cramer’s researcher, Nicole Urken, highlights the best natural gas bets after a slew of news on the sector.

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    In President Obama’s State of the Union Address, he announced his support for hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” for natural gas. Obama said this form of energy development could create 600,000 jobs.

  • The “Mad Money” host identifies five themes that transcend the day-to-day noise in the market.

  • Even though the biggest bears on Halliburton think it's worth more than where it currently trades, value is likely to remain trapped, and investors hoping to tap the company as a value play will need patience, TheStreet.com reports.

  • Apache CEO Steve Farris shrugged off the idea that his company’s $2.85 billion acquisition of Cordillera Energy Partners was a pricey one.