RBAC Newsletter 2026 Issue 8
Global Natural Gas Demand is Heating Up this Summer Natural gas continues to serve as a key element in the global energy system, and this has been reinforced by rising as due to rapid growth from data centers and AI, combined with new LNG export projects coming online. However, geopolitical shocks are once again reminding […]
Europe’s Search for Gas Security: Norway’s Expanding Role in a Tightening Global LNG Market
Europe’s search for gas security increasingly centers on the balance between dependable regional supply and exposure to a volatile global LNG market. Norway stands prominently as a pillar to that strategy, with extensive offshore production and a direct pipeline network to Europe, helping to stabilize supply and reduce reliance on seaborne cargoes during periods of […]
Middle East Disruption, European Storage, and the Next LNG Supply Wave
Global Gas and LNG Outlook for 26Q1 Overall, a tighter near-term market shaped by conflict and storage conditions, followed by a larger supply wave that changes the pricing environment before demand growth gradually catches up again. Twenty percent. That number explains why global gas outlooks everywhere changed so quickly following the start of the hostilities […]
Evaluating 2026 AEO Natural Gas and Power Demand
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) published their 2026 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) on April 8, 2026. This report, which “explores medium- and long-term alternative futures in the United States” for energy supplies, is published in the spring of each year. It is reviewed by analysts, government officials, utility operators, and industry members nationwide. RBAC closely […]
Columbia Conference on Climate & Energy – What’s The Better Path?
What is the Best Policy for People and the Environment? The Santa Marta Paradox When the Guardian wrote “euphorically” about the recent Santa Marta conference in Colombia about the local enthusiasm toward phasing out particular energy sources, they may have missed some key details. To many of the delegates, their view is simply that the […]
What the Data Shows Us About Building Natural Gas Pipelines Part 3
In Parts 1 and 2, we explored how pipelines and markets evolved from regulation to competition. In Part 3, we examine how the market evolved from 1997 to the market we know today, beginning with how participants tried to forecast and plan within a system that had become too complex to see all at once. […]
What Trump’s Use of the Defense Production Act Means for Oil & Gas, and What It Doesn’t
Energy Security is National Security On April 20, 2026, the Trump administration invoked Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) across oil, natural gas, LNG, power generation, grid infrastructure, and coal. The federal government is now stating explicitly that energy production and infrastructure shortfalls now constitute a national defense risk, and that […]
Assessing Energy Security Chokepoints
ADNOC’s CEO, Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, made video statement at CERAWeek 2026 about the conflict with Iran and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Dr. Al Jaber stated that “Twenty-one miles wide. Twenty million barrels a day. Nearly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas. Over a third of the world’s […]
What the Data Shows Us About Building Natural Gas Pipelines Part 2
By Cyrus Brooks, RBAC, Inc. In Part 1, we traced how the U.S. natural gas system evolved from the first long-distance pipelines into a regulated interstate network, then through shortages, deregulation, and the restructuring that turned pipelines into open-access transporters. In Part 2, the story shifts from the pipelines in the ground to the market […]
Why Some Traders Love “Long-Dated Risk”
By Cyrus Brooks, RBAC, Inc. The Video Game Edition In the world of natural gas, “long-dated risk” simply means making a bet on what gas will cost a long time from now—like 2, 5, or even 10 years away. In the industry, we call this trading the “back of the curve” (the prices for years […]
