PointLogic

A single interactive source for real-time market monitoring and short-term analysis for the North American natural gas markets

PointLogic provides up-to-the-minute expert analytics of the North American natural gas market. Our dynamic visual interface allows you to easily identify important natural gas trends and anomalies, as well as drill into the data to reveal the forces moving markets.

The service can monitor the market from several angles – whether it's live pipeline flow data and price formation in local markets or a macro view of daily supply and demand, the platform and service is built to alert you when market conditions change. A dozen sector and region-specific daily and weekly market reports are included, along with a custom Data Browser query tool that that allows you to create your own custom data reports.

PointLogic offers comprehensive natural gas data related to pipeline flows, production details, demand and supply analytics, regional reports, news and forecasts via a dynamic visual interface.

You can also build your own custom watchlists to monitor meter volumes, throughput volumes or volumes at storage, gas processing and power generation facilities. Each watchlist can be set up, based on user-defined percentage changes, to deliver natural gas data alerts daily, weekly or in real time.

Who can benefit from PointLogic?

Natural gas producers, buyers, and marketers
Natural gas pipeline and storage operators
Natural gas traders, brokers and market analysts
Energy company risk and planning departments
Utilities and power generators
Anyone else who needs immediate insight into the daily movements of natural gas markets

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Short Term Forecasts

S&P Global North American Natural Gas Outlook

Subscribers to PointLogic also get the S&P Global North American Natural Gas Outlook, a three-year natural gas supply and demand forecast for Canada and the Lower 48 US states, which is updated each month.
It includes an outlook for gas prices, degree days, and more.

Regional Profiles

As a companion to the outlook for North America, PointLogic provides regional profiles that offer balanced forecasts for selected regions in the US and Canada.
They allow you to drill into evolving trends on a sub-regional level to see the expected relationships between regions and sub-regions. This insight is based on extensive research by S&P Global natural gas analysts.

Long Term Analysis

PointLogic provides comprehensive real-time market monitoring and short-term analysis for the North American natural gas markets—but what if you also need long-term analysis? The S&P Global Global Gas Service provides accurate forecasts and expert analysis out to 40 years. Together these two solutions provide a truly integrated and complete picture of the North American natural gas market.

Learn more about S&P Global gas offerings.

Gas Flows & Operations

Pipeline flows

Supply & Demand Analytics

Drill into daily natural gas supply and demand fundamentals, price survey and Bidweek Prices and net storage inventories by facility. Follow import/export flows for hubs in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Functionality includes:

Interactive graphs to compare season-to-date and year-to-date
One-click access to charts showing what supply and demand locations are driving change each day
Spot/cash prices in wholesale markets for specific time periods and locations

Supply and demand balance

The Lower 48 US supply and demand balance is visualized on a map where you can drill into regional supply and demand data. Metrics include modeled dry and modeled wellhead, industrial, residential and commercial, power plants LNG pipe deliveries and exports, exports to Mexico, production losses and Canadian net imports.

Oil & Gas Production

See same-day natural gas production estimate at 112 producing areas by well type, plus monthly estimates of oil at the same areas. This includes all supply meter points in those areas and volume history by county and state, plus analysis of weekly rig counts.

PointLogic provides macro-to-micro production perspectives for wellhead and dry estimates on a unique dynamic interface with one-click charting for every producing area. Breakdowns by region and shale play are included with:

Complete supply data for natural gas and oil, including developments that are coming into the pipe from gathering versus processing
A complete picture of trends by geographic play using state historical data
Every active meter location and associated volume history
Monthly oil production by PADD in a single view

Processing and NGLs

PointLogic visualizes NGL trends and provides daily estimate of NGLs and ethane rejection and recovery by the 11 US Energy Information Administration (EIA) refining districts. It provides net throughputs at more than 280 gas processing plants along with data profiles of each plant.

News, Analysis, & Regional Reports

News and Analysis

The service includes PointLogic’s proprietary natural gas and power industry markets news coverage with regular analytics features, including weekly reports on gas demand, production, storage, NGLs and more. You can opt in to receive power or gas news daily or to be alerted when articles are about specific sectors or regions.

You can opt in to receive our flagship publication, Gas Fundamentals Daily, that provides expert market commentary and a snapshot of key gas market fundamentals data, including supply and demand balance, regional production, regional flows, prices and more.

Regional coverage

The PointLogic subscription includes:

Daily market fundamentals reports for the Lower 48, Canada, and Mexico that includes market commentary
Daily regional fundamentals reports that drill into daily supply, demand, flow, and price trends
Weekly regional reports that provide market commentary with a macro-data perspective of regional fundamentals

You can opt to receive any of the regional fundamentals dailies for the Northeast, Texas & Southeast, Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain/Western, Canada, and Mexico. You can also choose by topic and region what natural gas news and analysis you want to receive via alerts.

How do clients use PointLogic?

A Natural Gas Trader

Assesses natural gas supply and demand trends within a region or on a specific pipeline to determine the target price point to buy or sell gas

A Gas-fired Power Plant Operator

Monitors utilization on pipelines to determine potential routes around a bottleneck on its primary delivery pipeline

A Natural Gas Producer

Monitors natural gas pipeline flows and market area demand to identify the best netback price

A Natural Gas Risk Manager

Monitors regional supply, demand and gas flow trends to assess peak demand times and potential risks that could limit gas availability

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Experts

Randy Rischard

Mr. Rischard manages short-term market intelligence and related product development for the Gas, Power, and Energy Futures team, including data, news, and price indexes. He started his career in energy almost 30 years ago working first for Williams and then ONEOK. He was previously vice president of data and analysis for Energy Central, where he built a line of interactive, integrated energy data and analysis products now owned by Penwell. Prior to that he was codirector of SNL Energy, a division of SNL Financial (now S&P Global Market Intelligence) created with SNL's acquisition of Io Energy-an energy information company Mr. Rischard founded and ran as president and CEO. Prior to Io Energy, Mr. Rischard was publisher and ran the largest division of Financial Times Energy, which was acquired by S&P Global Platts in 2001. Mr. Rischard holds a Bachelor of Science from Oklahoma State University, United States.

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Jack Weixel

Jack is a Senior Director with S&P Global Commodity Insights and plays a key role in product development and client support focused on modeling real-time, short-term and long-term forecasts of natural gas supply, demand and storage. He comes to S&P Global from OPIS where he helped build that company's first ever natural gas fundamentals service, the PointLogic Energy Suite. Prior to joining OPIS and S&P Global, Jack was a director for Bentek Energy, managing its North American Natural Gas, European Gas, and GIS business units in addition to serving on the company's Senior Leadership Team. He previously led the company's Client Services division along with the company's Midcontinent and Canadian natural gas desks. Before joining Bentek in 2006, Jack spent seven years as a senior energy regulatory consultant for the EOP Group, Inc. in Washington, DC after working in the U.S. Senate.Jack holds a Master in Business Administration from George Washington University and a degree in Finance from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He also serves on the board of directors for Energy Outreach Colorado and Denver CASA.

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Nikolay Filchev

Nikolay has nearly ten years of experience doing energy research at S&P Global Commodity Insights. He currently focuses on market fundamentals for the US Gulf Coast and Southeast regions and follows developments with regards to LNG and exports to Mexico. He has also covered the Lower Mid-Continent and the Rockies regions. He has managed or contributed to many applied consulting assignments covering natural gas procurement strategies for industrial, electric and liquefied natural gas end-users, storage value drivers, interstate pipeline systems' competitiveness, scenarios and others.When he began his S&P Global career, Nikolay was responsible for residential, commercial, and industrial gas demand modeling for the US Lower 48 and Canada. Before joining S&P Global he worked for the economic consulting company LECG, where he performed econometric, statistical, and financial analysis and industry research in support of expert witness reports and testimony. Nikolay holds a BA from Occidental College and an MA from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

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Warren Waite

Warren Waite, director, S&P Global Commodity Insights, is an expert in North American natural gas markets. He has in-depth and broad knowledge of regional supply, demand, and price dynamics across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. He has written numerous insights on regional gas market dynamics. He has presented on natural gas, power, NGLs, and oil topics at industry conferences, trade groups, and private events. Before joining S&P Global, Warren was manager of North American gas and power content for Platts and Bentek Energy, where he oversaw a team of analysts and shared editor duties for newsletters and reports. Earlier in his energy career, he held positions with several marketing and trading organizations in Chicago, Illinois, and Houston, Texas, where he managed scheduling desks, valued structured transactions and assets, and traded physical natural gas within the Gulf Coast, Midwest, and Northeast.Warren holds a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Tech University, United States, and an Energy Risk Professional designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

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Callie Kolbe

Callie Kolbe focuses on US natural gas markets. Mrs. Kolbe analyzes supply and demand fundamentals, transportation infrastructure, storage and the outlook for gas prices. She follows regional energy policy and its impact on regional gas markets. Mrs. Kolbe contributes regularly to regional gas market profiles and the North American Natural Gas Short-Term Outlook. Previously, she focused on modeling EIA gas storage and led the weekly storage outlook service for PointLogic, S&P Global's single interactive source for real-time market monitoring and short-term analysis for the North American natural gas markets. Before joining S&P Global, Mrs. Kolbe was a gas market analyst at Bentek Energy where she was responsible for covering regional fundamental analysis for the US Rocky Mountains and Midwest. Mrs. Kolbe holds a BA from Tufts University and an MS from the Colorado School of Mines.

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Matthew Palmer

Matthew is an expert at developing fundamentals-based supply, demand, and price forecasts and an understanding of the associated risks. He has developed a wide range of analytical models and tools to assess markets, has prepared presentations, and has written reports on the natural gas, electric power, and oil markets. This includes broad industry outlooks, regional analyses, and granular market assessments. He has a deep understanding of oil and gas infrastructure, regional supply and demand, and locational price differentials across the United States and Canada.Before joining S&P Global, he was director of fundamentals at Encana, where he was responsible for natural gas and power market fundamentals analysis and oversaw Encana's risk management activities for natural gas. Matthew began his career with S&P Global, where he led the development of natural gas demand forecasts, researched the relationship between oil and natural gas prices, and followed the western North American regional gas market. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States.

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Matthew Piatek

Matthew is a director with the Gas, Power & Climate Solutions team within S&P Global Commodity Insights. He has more than 15 years of progressive experience across the energy value chain and covers North American regional natural gas dynamics, in addition to helping shape the overall market view. Topics of recent reports focus on the evolution of the natural gas landscape, including the critical role of infrastructure and shifting price relationships. Projects have included modeling cash flows from proposed infrastructure investments; generation portfolio assessment; gas procurement strategies; due diligence for power and LNG facilities; and pipeline competitiveness.Matthew has breadth and depth of knowledge across the energy value chain and has held posts covering fundamental and quantitative research, energy trading analytics, trade control, risk management, and business development. His expertise includes infrastructure, trading operations, storage and transportation optimization, hedging and procurement, market fundamentals, modeling, strategy, and risk management processes.Prior to joining S&P Global, Matthew held various positions with Superior Plus, BP, and Union Gas (Enbridge). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor (Windsor, Ontario), dual MBA degrees from Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) and Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), earned with distinction, and a Master of Management Analytics (MMA) from Queen's University.

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Alan Lammey

Mr. Lammey's area of specialty is in US natural gas prices and price-setting mechanisms that influence price direction (futures and spot markets). As a certified weather forecaster, he also has more than a decade of experience in analyzing how weather patterns and modeling impact natural gas supply, demand, and storage. Mr. Lammey has 25 years of experience working in the energy futures and physical markets. As a formerly licensed stock, options, and commodities broker in the 1990s, he also offers keen insight into the financial side of the energy markets, particularly as to how and why market participants may be positioning themselves into various futures and derivative positions based on technical drivers as well as underlying macro and micro fundamental catalysts. Prior to joining S&P Global in 2013, Mr. Lammey was a senior energy markets analyst for Energy Intelligence Group, where he produced daily written analysis on the US oil and natural gas markets. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in business from the University of Houston, United States.

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PointLogic

A single interactive source for real-time market monitoring and short-term analysis for the North American natural gas markets

Who can benefit from PointLogic?

Short Term Forecasts

Long Term Analysis

How do clients use PointLogic?

A Natural Gas Trader

A Gas-fired Power Plant Operator

A Natural Gas Producer

A Natural Gas Risk Manager

How PointLogic can help you

Experts

Randy Rischard

Jack Weixel

Nikolay Filchev

Warren Waite

Callie Kolbe

Matthew Palmer

Matthew Piatek

Alan Lammey

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