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Five Natural Gas Stocks Drinking Profits from the Utica Shale "Sweet Spot"

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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The Utica shale formation hasn't gotten as much attention as some of the others, but that may be about to change as drillers home in on a "sweet spot" in southeastern Ohio that is producing staggering amounts of natural gas.

Wells drilled in the Utica "sweet spot" were the main reason Ohio natural gas production more than doubled from 89.4 billion cubic feet in 2012 to 203 billion cubic feet in 2013.

This stunning development will pay off handsomely for these five natural gas stocks in particular...

The Real Way the West Can Impact Ukraine

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

The weather is taking a decidedly better turn here in London these past few days.

It's a good thing, because all of the talk currently in British circles is about the deteriorating situation in Ukraine.

These concerns involve the all-too-obvious geopolitical impacts of a Russian takeover of Crimea and perhaps a broader swath of Eastern Ukraine.

However, there is another matter that has a more immediate impact on Europe, especially if the temperatures start falling again.

You see, despite the Russian-controlled natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to northern Germany (Nord Stream) and across Belarus to Poland, most of the Russian natural gas coming to the continent still passes across Ukraine - about 80% in fact.

And Europe is still reliant upon this energy flow despite attempts to diversify.

That means the longer the crisis between Russia and Ukraine remains unresolved, the higher the tension level among Europeans will be.

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Despite Down Earnings, Cheniere (NYSE: LNG) Is One of Top LNG Stocks to Buy

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

Make no mistake - Cheniere Energy Inc. (NYSE: LNG) is still one of the best LNG stocks to buy, despite Friday's earnings miss.

Cheniere reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders (basic and diluted) of $0.61 per share or $135.2 million for Q4. That compares to a net loss of $0.44 per share, or $94.3 million, for the previous year.

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Cheniere (LNG) Stock Is Still the Industry Leader

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

Cheniere (LNG) stock has climbed 126% over the past year - and we believe there's a lot more to come.

Houston-based Cheniere Energy Inc. (NYSE MKT: LNG) is the biggest name in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting. It was the first company that the U.S. Energy Department granted approval for exporting to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.

Cheniere's head start on competitors gives it what Forbescalled a near-monopoly for the next few years.

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One LNG Stock to Buy in 2014

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

Money Morning Global Energy Strategist Dr. Kent Moors first told Money Morning readers about liquefied natural gas in 2010 - when our favorite LNG stock was trading around $6 a share.

Then in April 2012, this company received federal approval to build the first major LNG export facility in the United States.

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Investing in Natural Gas in 2014: Five Reasons You Want In This Market

By , Executive Producer, Money Morning -

Even now, after several years of hype, investing in natural gas remains one of the best ways to cash in on the biggest U.S. economic boom in decades.

And 2014 figures to be the year when all the catalysts driving the U.S. natural gas industry come together.

Already U.S. natural gas production is one of the most stable and intelligent investments available. And given that midstream providers typically offer higher-than-average yields as well as heavy capital appreciation potential, investing in natural gas stocks offers a rare double-upside scenario.

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Best Investments in Natural Gas: This New Demand Source Is Changing Everything

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

[Editor's Note: Subscribers of Dr. Kent Moors' free Oil & Energy Investor service received this article Oct. 8. The energy sector offers you some of today's best investment opportunities that will thrive even if Washington's budget shenanigans derail our economic recovery. Read Moors' latest analysis below - and sign up to stay up to date on the sector's biggest profits.]

As we have discussed on several occasions, there is a revolution occurring on the demand side in natural gas. No fewer than five major advances are hitting that will ramp up the requirements for this fuel source.

It's a development every investor should know about because it pushes new names on to the list of today's best investments in natural gas.

How to Invest in Natural Gas Today

By , Executive Producer, Money Morning -

There's a new global capital shift that's affecting how to invest in natural gas today for maximum profit.

You see, there was a time when U.S. manufacturing companies invested heavily in the Middle East because of the region's low-cost energy sources.

Today, that money is coming back home.

International companies have noticed that the United States is a cheap source of natural gas. That's because the rise of hydraulic fracturing triggered a boom in U.S. natural gas production.

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These Fracking Trucks Reveal Energy's Most Underreported Boom

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

Now that the rig market for oil and gas projects is heating up again, it's time to invest where energy's big-money cycle actually begins.
After all, without a rig, a well is nothing more than a dot on a map.
That's why the oil field service (OFS) business always improves before the fortunes of field production companies.
But there's an even earlier link in this profit chain...
It's a smaller industry, and may not get much coverage. But the OFS business wouldn't exist without it... and neither would the all of those oil wells.
That's why the company we'll look at today is one of my favorite oil and gas plays.
First, take a look at these pumping trucks...

Investing in Natural Gas: These ETFs Hold Clues to a Price Rebound

By , Money Morning -

Analysts and experts love to say the U.S. is "the Saudi Arabia of natural gas."

That statement implies the U.S. is to natural gas as Saudi Arabia is to oil: One of the world's top producers with decades (perhaps longer) worth of reserves of the commodity.

Wearing the crown as the world's largest gas producer has been both a gift and a curse for the U.S. A gift in that exploding production of the fuel at various shale plays throughout the country has created an economic benefit in the form of hundreds of thousands direct and indirect jobs. Not to mention, natural gas stands as perhaps the most viable avenue for the U.S. to significantly reduce its dependence on foreign oil.

That is the good news.

However, a burden has been endured by those who are investing in natural gas, looking to profit from the U.S. gas boom. Combine record production with the facts that demand has been tepid and natural gas is not yet widely used as a transportation fuel, and prices have plunged.

There are signs, faint as they may be, that natural gas is rebounding. Anyone interested in investing in natural gas can use some familiar ETFs to finally profit from that trend.

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Good News for Investing in Natural Gas: U.S. Government Approves Sabine Pass Plant

By , Money Morning -

That breeze gusting through the streets this morning isn't the sign of a coming storm.

That's a collective sigh of relief coming from those investing in natural gas companies after a torrid first quarter for the sector. Natural gas prices have collapsed below $2 per 1,000 cubic feet for the first time in a decade.

And that's not even adjusted for inflation...

But on Tuesday came the first positive sign in months.

The U.S. government approved the development of the Sabine Pass plant, the first natural gas export facility in the lower 48 states.

CNN Money reports:

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] voted in favor of Texas-based Cheniere Energy's plan to build a giant natural gas liquefaction and export terminal at Sabine Pass, which straddles the Texas-Louisiana boarder just north of the Gulf of Mexico.

Although environmentalists have threatened to sue to stop the 500-acre, $10 billion project, Cheniere says it plans to start building before July."

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