Natural Gas Dynamics
Higher natural gas prices support producers’ credit profiles in the near-term and plentiful resources will lead to better supply/demand balance and moderating prices over time. We will discuss how coal demand, power generation and LNG are affecting the natural gas markets.
- Strong near-term pricing momentum backed by positive LNG outlook, constrained supply
- Coal demand trends are not a significant long-term natural gas price determinant
- Power generation drives modest demand growth for natural gas
- Residential/commercial/industrial gas demand will largely be flat
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SpeakersSteve Wood Managing Director, Corporate Finance Moody's Investors Service
Benjamin Nelson Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Group Moody’s Investors Service
Toby Shea Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Global Project and Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings
Sreedhar Kona Vice President – Senior Analyst, Oil & Gas Moody's Investors Service
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Steve Wood is the Managing Director for the Americas Oil & Gas Team at Moody’s Investors Service in New York. In this capacity, Steve is responsible for over 280 companies throughout the Americas across all sectors of the oil and gas industry. He also coordinates Moody’s oil and gas industry coverage globally. Prior to accepting this role in 2008, Steve was a lead analyst responsible for a portfolio of US and Canadian oil and gas companies that included exploration and production (E&P), oilfield services, contract drilling and midstream natural gas.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2004, Steve spent ten years in corporate banking with JPMorgan. During this time, he had responsibility for the debt financing of energy client relationships. Steve primarily covered independent E&P companies, midstream natural gas companies, integrated natural gas pipelines and energy merchants. Prior to business school, Steve was a reservoir engineer with Shell Oil. Steve holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, and a MBA in finance and strategy from the University of Chicago.
Ben Nelson is Vice President - Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. He is responsible for a portfolio of investment-grade and speculative-grade chemical companies. Over the past decade with the firm he has held lead analyst responsibility in auto parts, general manufacturing, metals & mining, paper & forest products, steel, and services. He has non-portfolio responsibility in campus recruiting, summer internship program, new hire and associate training program, and is a member of the CFG’s Global Professional Development and Training Council. Ben graduated summa cum laude with degrees in business administration and history from Westminster College and joined Westminster’s Board of Trustees in 2015.
Toby Shea is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer in the Moody’s Global Project & Infrastructure Finance Group. He is responsible for a portfolio of electric and gas utilities.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Toby worked for more than 15 years in the field of credit risk relating to energy and commodities, including Senior Credit Manager at Noble Group, Head of Credit and Portfolio Analytics at RBS Sempra and Director at Standard & Poor’s.
Toby graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and M.A. in International Relations from Tufts University’s Fletcher School.
Sreedhar Kona is a Vice President – Senior Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group, responsible for assigning ratings to and monitoring a portfolio of Oil & Gas issuers.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2013, Sreedhar was a Vice President at Barclays Capital focusing on Project Finance and Leveraged Finance transactions in Power & Natural Resources sector. Sreedhar also spent over five years at GE Energy Financial Services (a division of GE Capital) underwriting principal investments in assets across the Energy spectrum
Sreedhar holds a B.Tech degree in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School.