Amrith Ramkumar

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860 appearances 16 recordings 1 series first heard May 2018 last heard Sep 2021

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · What Lower Gas Prices Mean for Consumers-And Investors · 24 Feb 2020 podcast

Oil and natural gas prices have already started rebounding since they bottomed out a bit earlier this year.

So this is a very volatile space.

So signs that the coronavirus isn't as bad as people feared and isn't denting fuel demand as much as people had initially thought are giving prices a boost.

And then for oil, especially signs that OPEC and its allies might coalesce.

cut production even more to try to balance the market could be good.

So there are definitely a lot of factors to watch here.

We're also seeing some colder weather forecasts, which are good for natural gas demand and then could be good for those prices, but again, bad for consumers potentially who might see higher heating bills.

So we'll have to see how this all plays out because there's still a few weeks left in winter for sure.

I think one of the big challenges is that geopolitical events have affected demand a bit more in the past few years.

It's important to put this all in context and remember that this comes after trade tensions had really dented.

the demand outlook and led to a lot of pessimism in the sector.

So I think a lot of them have adjusted to this kind of new era where there is abundant supply.

But it is a big challenge when you have something like the coronavirus come out of nowhere and impact things on such a large scale.

So we'll have to see again in the coming weeks and months how that plays out.

It is pretty striking to see a company like Chevron, their chief executive, on their most recent earnings call basically say, we're not counting on a recovery in natural gas prices.

So a lot of these companies have had to adjust and shift their assets as needed.

WSJ Your Money Briefing · Gas Prices: What's Behind Regional Price Differences? · 24 Oct 2019 podcast

There are several factors in California. matched

One is that there's limited energy infrastructure there and really along both coasts. matched

So there are a limited number of refineries to begin with. matched

And this fall, we've seen unexpected refinery outages. matched

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