Exploration and production companies have been loading up on natural gas assets in the US for the past several years, and now it looks like that might not have been the best thing they could have done. Five years ago, natural gas prices were around their historical level relative to crude oil, about $1.00 for every $6.00 of the oil price. The ratio reflected the fact that a barrel of oil contains roughly six times more energy than a thousand cubic feet of natural gas. The most recent EIA natural gas report noted gas prices of $7.26/million BTUs, compared with crude oil prices of $18.90/million BTUs. So, what happened? And is it going to continue?
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