People are warming up to nat gas. Oil rig counts are down and gas is a byproduct of oil exploration. Last week’s storage of nat gas was the lowest in 10 years. It is a hot summer. They are coming out with two exploration well results when they report next week. You have a management team that holds a lot of stock. Their debt is a little higher than many peers, but he does not view it as a problem.
Markets. Crude oil came down below $41 this morning. Everyone is watching the 200 day and seeing if it holds. It seems to have held so far. The inventories of Gasoline are a concern. Inventories are high because demand for fuel oil last winter was weak. Over the next couple of months refineries will go down as normal and normalize demand. This is a short term impact. Production of oil is down around the world. Summer is typically a crummy time for oil. He calls for $60 crude in 2017 and $65 in 2018, by which time the world will be short oil. He is going to deploy cash he is sitting on this fall.