The Top 5 U.S. Natural Gas Producers (CHK, XOM)

The Top 5 U.S. Natural Gas Producers

The Department of Energy just released the results of an independent study touting the economic benefits of exporting U.S. natural gas. While many manufacturers are against exporting because it will drive the price of gas up, a higher gas price may mean that U.S. producers like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM ) and Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK ) actually could start making money on this stuff again. In this video, energy analyst Aimee Duffy reviews the performance of natural gas prices over the past two years, and lists the top five U.S. producers in the third quarter.

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Fool contributor Aimee Duffy has no positions in the stocks mentioned above. The Motley Fool owns shares of ExxonMobil and has the following options: long JAN 2013 $16.00 calls on Chesapeake Energy, long JAN 2014 $20.00 calls on Chesapeake Energy, long JAN 2014 $30.00 calls on Chesapeake Energy, and short JAN 2014 $15.00 puts on Chesapeake Energy. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Report this Comment On December 11, 2012, at 3:35 PM, kthor wrote:

I hate video's .... can you guys just write the full articles next time ...lol
Report this Comment On December 11, 2012, at 5:37 PM, steltek wrote:

+1, Amen
Report this Comment On December 11, 2012, at 11:10 PM, Khizhim wrote:

I agree text would have been much more useful, particularly because this was only a list! Isn't that type of content eminently well suited for presentation as text?! (Grocery lists, laundry lists, and other lists come to mind...)
HOWEVER, I appreciated a chance to see Aimee in action. She's smart, competent, and obviously HARD-WORKING! Way to go, girl!
Why don't you "dudes" provide full transcripts for all these brief videos?
Report this Comment On December 12, 2012, at 8:59 AM, TMFBWItime wrote:

@ Khizhim
Thank you for your comments on video transcription.
We've explored many options for a reliable and quick transcription service, and i'm happy to say that we're closer than ever.
It's been difficult to get transcripts for videos in the past because one of our goals is to deliver these pieces of content as quickly as possible to our readers. Typically the process to generate the transcript adds a significant lag to the publishing time.
However, as you can see here: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/12/10/exclusive-p...
transcripts are starting to become a reality, and I hope to roll these features out in a more meaningful way in the future.
We appreciate your feedback and patience while we try and improve the video experience for all viewers.
Fool on!
Report this Comment On December 12, 2012, at 5:16 PM, tokelau wrote:

Elementary, Watson: video's take too long! We can read a lot faster than listen to someone speaking, anyway, most of us. Time is money, MF should know.

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